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How to use unreeve in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word unreeve? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Because the plate that is pivoted to the boom carries also the main winch, it is not necessary to unreeve the lifting ropes and the block.
But he carried all sail till the rotten main-sheet parted at the boom, and when he came up in the wind to lower the sail the main throat halyard refused to unreeve.
Examples from Classical Literature
I was busy in helping to unreeve the stay, when I was seized with sudden and violent cramps.
We had first to unreeve all the ropes, and unbend all the sails.
On examining it he found that he could unreeve some of the rope.
Be careful to unreeve the clewlines through the quarter-blocks.
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