See Also: disengage(dictionary)
Disengage - Fencing(gambling)
Counter-Disengage - Fencing(gambling)

hautboy (iou) and disengage (oh)


hautboy (iou)



hautboy noun. arch. Also (now usual in sense 2) hautbois, (now rare) hoboy. M16.
[French hautbois, from haut high + bois wood. Cf. OBOE.]
= OBOE 1. arch. M16.
b. = OBOE 2. E18.
More fully hautboy strawberry. A central European strawberry, Fragaria muricata, formerly grown for its fruit. M18.
hautboyist noun M19.

disengage (oh)



[T] to move so that you are not touching or holding someone
disengage yourself
::Sally found it difficult to disengage herself from his embrace.
[I and T] if you disengage something, especially a part of a machine, or if it disengages, you make it move away from another part that it was connected to
-opposite engage engage
::Disengage the gears when you park the car.
::He tapped in the code and the lock disengaged.
[I] to stop being involved or interested in something
disengage from
::Too many young people disengage from learning.
[I and T] if two armies disengage, they stop fighting
-opposite engage engage
-- disengagement n [U]