unseam

English

Etymology

un- +‎ seam

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːm
• IPA^(key): /ʌnsiːm/

Verb

unseam (third-person singular simple present unseams, present participle unseaming, simple past and past participle unseamed)

1. (transitive) To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut open.
   • 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth (act 1, scene 2)

     Till he unseam'd him from the nave to th' chaps, and fix'd his head upon our battlements.