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Meaning of untrice | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To release something previously triced, i.e., hoisted and tied up.

Examples

“Then ordering the boy of the mess to untrice his hammock, and staggering towards it, after several attempts he succeeded in springing into it from a chest, […]”

“I walked forward and untriced the bowsprit dolphin-striker, to get ready for sailing.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

untriced untrices untricing untrigger untriggered untriggering

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