unship verb3 •To unload cargo from a ship or other vessel. •To remove (an oar, a mast, etc.) from its normal position.Dan sluiced the pen energetically, unshipped the table, set it up to dry in the moonlight, ran the red knife-blades through a wad of oakum, and began to sharpen them on a tiny grindstone […] — 1897 •(no longer used) To throw from a horse; to unseat.Ben hired a nag, but 'twould stumble of course, / And by falling endanger poor Ben, / Aye, and over her bows, sir, this crazy old horse / Would unship, and unship him again. — 1823 formsunshipped · unshipping · unships