Definitions for unhorse

unhorse un·horse

Spelling: [uhn-hawrs]
IPA: /ʌnˈhɔrs/

Unhorse is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in unhorse (ehnorsu).

Definitions for unhorse

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to fall from a horse, as in battle; dislodge from the saddle:
  2. to defeat; overcome; dislodge, as from a position or office:

Origin of unhorse

First recorded in 1350-1400, unhorse is from the Middle English word unhorsen. See un-2, horse

Examples for unhorse

Death in a huge pair of jack-boots, seizes him by the arm with a view to unhorse him.

Or stay, reader, unhorse me that marble emperor: knock me those marble feet from those marble stirrups of Charlemagne.

If they win, they grab at booty; if they lose, they unhorse and pilfer their own side!

Chance might unhorse the individual, but with a community the element of chance was eliminated.

"I should like to see the vine that could unhorse me," answered Stacy.

And look to it if it be courteous to unhorse a knight, who is ready to be thy servant.

He thought with the shock to unhorse Rire-pour-tout, and finish him then at his leisure.

They were especially admired for the firmness with which they kept their saddles, under circumstances enough to unhorse a Centaur.

Hastily mounting a fresh horse, Richard again attacked Des Barres, but could not unhorse the knight, who stuck fast to his saddle.

It took, indeed, the vast shock of the Civil War to unhorse the optimists.

Word Value for unhorse
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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