unfoul
English
Etymology
From un- + foul.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʌnˈfaʊl/
Verb
unfoul (third-person singular simple present unfouls, present participle unfouling, simple past and past participle unfouled)
- (transitive) To free (something snagged or fouled).
- 1984, Helen R. Lane, translating Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society 2012, p. 476:
- ‘We've lost quite a few men,’ the old man says as he energetically unfouls his rifle and carefully loads it with black powder that he extracts from a horn.
- 2002, David Thomas Murphy, German Exploration of the Polar World: A History, 1870-1940, page 128:
- How one repairs a broken sled, the quickest way to unfoul the dog lines, how to prevent the dogs from tangling the lines after stops, and so on.
- 1984, Helen R. Lane, translating Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society 2012, p. 476:
Adjective
unfoul (comparative more unfoul, superlative most unfoul)
- Not foul; fair.