unchest

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ chest.

Verb

unchest (third-person singular simple present unchests, present participle unchesting, simple past and past participle unchested)

1. (transitive, rare) To remove from a chest.
   • 1905, Ulster Journal of Archaeology, page 94:

     In the Christmas holidays I unchested the chested books, and put them into the drawing-room, where they are often aired by good fires.

   • 1974, Frank Giles, A Prince of Journalists, page 110:

     [He] greeted Blowitz with warmth and apologized for having failed in his joint request with Hohenlohe to get Bismarck to unchest the Treaty.