To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.
To loosen the string or strings of; as, to unstring a harp or a bow.
I don’t know what it all means, I’m sure; but I see my finish, and I may as well break my arrows and unstring my bow.
Then he began to unstringhis beautiful, curved bow.
To unstring the bow, the action is the same as in the final position of stringing it, except that the eye of the string is slipped out of the horn.
To string and unstring a bow gracefully and without apparent effort is an affair rather of knack than of much strength or force, and is therefore only to be learnt with a certain amount of practice.
The Indian knows enough to unstring his bow just as soon as he uses it so that it will not lose its resilience.
After using itunstring it, and at a large shooting-party unloose your bow after every round.
To unstring the bow hold it as in stringing, then press down the upper limb exactly as before, and as if you wished to place the eye of the string in a higher notch.
