The pair of them, too, had false quarter-pieces to ship and Unship for disguise, and each was provided with movable boards painted with the other's name, to cover up her own.
"Merry-Garden and Other Stories"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Their fair guide however entreated them to desist; but one of the seamen, in attempting, to use his own language, to "Unship" one of the bayonets, made so much noise with the muskets, as alarmed himself as well as the rest; and the whole party sallied out unarmed.
"An Old Sailor's Yarns"
Nathaniel Ames
6. A boat towing with stream or tide should give way to a boat towing against it, and if it becomes necessary to Unship or drop a tow-line, the former should give way to the latter; but when a barge towing is passed by a pleasure-boat towing, the latter should give way and go outside, as a small boat is the easier of the two to manage, in addition to which the river is the barge's highway.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason