uncasque

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ casque

Verb[edit]

uncasque (third-person singular simple present uncasques, present participle uncasquing, simple past and past participle uncasqued)

  1. (transitive) To remove a casque or helmet from.
    • 1818, Henry Hart Milman, Samor, the Lord of The Bright City:
      Through files of warriors, who uncasque their brows
    • 1919, Arthur B. Reeve, The Master Mystery:
      It was all incoherent and Doctor Q and Quentin hastened to uncasque the man within. They lifted off the helmet and there was the contorted and dying face of Paul Balcom []