Bible Dictionaries
Unlace

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(v. t.) To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.

(3):

(v. t.) To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Unlace'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​u/unlace.html. 1828.