»[A] young lieutenant unloosed the mule […], and galloped around the lawn.«
You mean »unfastened« or »loosend«, right.
*looks up »#unloose«*
How TF does »unloose« mean what it means, instead of what everibody thinks it means when hearing it the first time, which is the exact opposite?
#English makes no sense at all!
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unloose
#vocabulary #ospalhReads #WindsOfWar #Wouk