unbreast

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ breast.

Verb

unbreast (third-person singular simple present unbreasts, present participle unbreasting, simple past and past participle unbreasted)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To disclose or lay open; to unbosom.
    • 1633, Phineas Fletcher, Piscatorie Eclogues:
      Could'st thou unmask their pomp, unbreast their heart
    • 1889, Richard Yates Sturges, The Angel of Love: And Other Poems, page 82:
      Alas! the wings of Hope, that soar elate, / On earth fall quivering, soon to faint, and cease, / Leaving the unbreasted clouds to darken and increase.

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