Crossword-Solution: UNSTEP
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Unstep | v. t. | To remove, as a mast, from its step. |
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| UNSTEP | anagram | SENTUP |
We have 1 clue for the answer “UNSTEP”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Take down, as a mast | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
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Sentences with UNSTEP (5)
This done, I caused Simpson to unstep the gig's single mast and lay it fore and aft in the boat, with the heel resting upon and firmly lashed to the small grating which covered the after end of the boat between the backboard of the stern-sheets and the stern-post, while the head was supported by a crutch formed of two stretchers lashed together and placed upright upon the bow thwart, the whole being firmly secured in place by the two shrouds attached to the mast-head.
The sooner we begin our preparations the better chance we have of weathering out the time." This plan being agreed to, two hands were sent to unstep the flagstaff and bring it forward, while the rest of us dismantled our hut, and dragged the boat to the edge of the floe nearest the shore.
Now unstep the mast, lash that and the boom, the other sail, and its spar together; that is the way." And with their joint efforts the work was accomplished in a couple of minutes.
They had only to unstep its mast and lie flat in the cup of its soggy platform and they could not be spied half a mile away.
Wallet’s boat just as he was taking in his sail and about to unstep his mast, made for the boat without an instant’s hesitation.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1973).