Rig in the topmast studdingsail boom before unreeving the outer halyards.
This was a lengthy and heavy job, in the performance of which it became necessary for me to be frequently over the side, in the water, cutting the sails from the yards and stays, clearing and unreeving rigging, and so on.
Then, I set them to work unreeving the gear and making things snug for setting up our jury-masts, of which this is the first--a downright seamanlike piece of work I call it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unreeving" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
