unhelmet

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ helmet.

Verb

unhelmet (third-person singular simple present unhelmets, present participle unhelmeting, simple past and past participle unhelmeted)

1. (transitive) To remove the helmet from.
   • 1823, [Walter Scott], Quentin Durward. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

     In spite of all that Durward could say of the slightness of his hurt, he was compelled to dismount, and to seat himself on a bank, and unhelmet himself

2. (intransitive) To take off a helmet
   • 2005, Faith Hunter, Dark Heir:

     Due to security protocols—ones I had devised—I had to unhelmet at the front gate and a guard with a slavering dog met me in the circular drive.

References

• “unhelmet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.