What does "unlace" mean?
Unlace: To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace. What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.(Naut.) To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel. Totten.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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