unhitch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb unfasten or release from or as if from a hitch

WordNet

Un*hitch" transitive verb
Etymology
1 st pref. un- + hitch.
Definitions
  1. To free from being hitched, or as if from being hitched; to unfasten; to loose; as, to unhitch a horse, or a trace.

Webster 1913