“+ transitive verb
Etymology: un- (II) + gear
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 — Isa Glenn