Definition of ungear
1
archaic
: to remove the harness from (a draft animal) : unhitch
- ungeared the mules, and crawled under the wagon for shade
- —J. H. Beadle
2
: to disconnect by or as if by throwing out of gear
- ungear the pinion of a machine
- jangle your nerves … ungear you for the life you might have selected
- —Isaiah Glenn
