"deblouse" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-deblouse.wav Forms: deblouses [present, singular, third-person], deblousing [participle, present], debloused [participle, past], debloused [past]
Etymology: From de- + blouse. Etymology templates: {{af|en|de-|blouse}} de- + blouse Head templates: {{en-verb}} deblouse (third-person singular simple present deblouses, present participle deblousing, simple past and past participle debloused)
  1. (military) To untuck one's trousers from one's boots; unblouse.
    Sense id: en-deblouse-en-verb-1LH0i6GH Categories (other): Military, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 47 53 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. To remove the blouse from.
    Sense id: en-deblouse-en-verb-KTMo2QnU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Clothing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Clothing: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unblouse Related terms: blouse

Inflected forms

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