unarm
verbUK /ʌˈnɑːm/ · US /ʌˈnɑɹm/
Etymology From un- + arm.
1
To disarm, to remove the armour and weapons from.
- Thenne anone la beale Isoud sente in to the toune / and prayd syr Dynadan that he wold come in to the castel / & repose hym there with a lady / with a good wylle sayd sir Dynadan / & soo he mounted vpon his hors and rode in to the castel / & there he alyghte / and was vnarmed / & brought in to the castel1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
2
To remove one's armour.
- Call here my varlet; I'll unarm again: Why should I war without the walls of Troy, That find such cruel battle here within?c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]: