v. (UN-2 3 or 4 b.)
1873. Col. A. S. Evans, Á la California, vii. 161. Here we unpacked our traps, uncinched and picketed out our tired horses, and prepared for a long and vigorous campaign.
1879. Argus (Petaluma), 21 Nov., in Pacific Rural Press, XVIII. 29 Nov., 340/4. Tan-bark, one of the staple products of the Fisherman’s Bay section, has taken a boom and boomed up from $7 to $12 per cord, on the landing, which will make times lively and uncinch many a hombre that got gripped up last year by that unrelenting old fellow, Mr. Decline In Price.
1891. M. Cole, Cy Ross, 12. Pull up for the night, uncinch the packs.
1900. Vachell, J. Charity, xx. 272. He and Quijas had dismounted and had uncinched their horses.
1912. W. Beggs, Rhymes from the Rangeland, 149.
| Your sunny old rangeland is mangled and tore | |
| And your riders have lost both the reins, | |
| Your chuck wagon’s empty, your saddles uncinched, | |
| Since the long-horn is gone from the plains. |
