cast-off
adjective
[ ˈkɑːstɒf ]
• no longer wanted; abandoned or discarded.
• "a pile of cast-off clothes"
cast-off
noun
• something, especially a garment, that is no longer wanted.
• "I'm not going out in her cast-offs!"
cast off
• discard something unwanted or undesirable.
• "I cast off my clothes, crawled into bed and fell asleep"
• take the stitches off the needle by looping each over the next to finish the edge.
• "when the piece of knitting is long enough, cast off"
• set a boat or ship free from her moorings.
• "the boatmen cast off and rowed downriver"
• let loose a hunting hound or hawk.
• "the king cast off his hawk at the antelope"
• estimate the space that will be taken in print by manuscript copy.
• "casting off the manuscript requires a careful examination of the copy itself"
