[UN-2 4 and 5.]
1. trans. To ungird.
1483. Cath. Angl., 27/2. To vn Belte, discingere, incingere.
2. To detach or remove (a sword, etc.) by unfastening the belt.
1814. Scott, Lord of Isles, III. xxiii. But why waste time in idle words? Sit to your cheerunbelt your swords. Ibid. (1825), Talism., xxvii. As if thy knight, who hath not yet buckled on his armour, were unbelting it in triumph.
1879. J. D. Long, Æneid, IX. 389. From off His shoulder he unbelts the golden sword.