v. [UN-2 9.] (See quot. 1678.)
1614. Latham, Falconry, I. iii. 10. Then vnstrike her hood, and lure her … with a bitte or two of meate.
[1678. Phillips (ed. 4), To Unstrike the hood, in Faulconry, to draw the strings that it may be in a readiness to pull off.]
1852. R. F. Burton, Falconry Valley Indus, iii. 26. After slipping the knot that held the jesses to the leash, I gently ‘unstruck’ my Shikrah’s hood, [and] pulled it off.
