unlade

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

If I had been at Oxford this term I should probably have rushed off to Hull to unlade fish.

From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2010

While I was here, there came in four or five English Ships laden with Corn, the first, as they told me, that had come in to unlade there, since the beginning of the War.

From Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton by Defoe, Daniel

At noonday hosts of heavy baskets unlade their toothsome freight, and a merry feast is seasoned with Attic salt.

From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail

Not for full fourteen days: it had but just come into port, and there be much merchandise to unlade and lade again.

From The Secret Chamber at Chad by Everett-Green, Evelyn

Now, with full sails, into the port I move, And safely can unlade my breast of love; Quiet, and calm: Why should I then go back, To tempt the second hazard of a wreck?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir