unbeavered

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ beavered

Adjective[edit]

unbeavered (not comparable)

  1. Without a beaver or hat.
    • 1873, Oliver Optic, Our Boys and Girls, volumes 11-12, page 258:
      A merry crowd gathered around the disconsolate and unbeavered doctor, who watched the gyrations of the flying castor as it slowly felt the force of gravity, and reposed on the bosom of the East River.
  2. Having the beaver of the helmet open.
    • 1599, George Peele, Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes:
      [] To see in sunder shivered the lance that leads the way, / And worthy knights unbeavered in field amidst the fray?

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