unstringing

She had begun unstringing her bow as soon as the clouds began moving toward them.

Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

However, he said, unstringing it and stowing it under his bunk.

CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004

However, he said, unstringing it and stowing it under his bunk.

CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004

I should not lose so much time in this wretched unstringing.

The Daughters of Danaus Mona Caird

I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.

Gitanjali, 1913

The archers, flushed and merry, were unstringing their bows once more, for in spite of the water glue the damp air took the strength from the cords.

Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

Tim Reardon, unstringing two of the pickerel from the rope, transferred them to a twig of alder that he cut from a near by bush, and handed them to her.

The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Ruel Perley Smith 1903

I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument.

Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore 1901

The archers, flushed and merry, were unstringing their bows once more, for in spite of the water glue the damp air took the strength from the cords.

Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

But his faintness was more from loss of blood and the sudden unstringing of nerve and sense from the intense furious strain of the last few moments of battle than from the vital nature of the wound.

Men of Iron 1891