Verb
The word is derived from unwind
unwound
simple past and past participle of unwind
unwound (third-person singular simple present unwounds, present participle unwounding, simple past and past participle unwounded)
(transitive, rare) to make (someone’s) wounds go away, to heal
The Prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the old Italian painting of a martyr whose intestines are slowly unwound from his body on a reel. Eduard Hanslick
Algren had his vices – he never did see a dollar that wouldn't look better at the center of a poker table – but it was virtue that unwound his life. Nelson Algren
As it unwound, it restarted the motor in the correct direction. Source: Internet
Athletes would hold the javelin by the thong and when the javelin was released this thong unwound giving the javelin a spiraled flight. Source: Internet
A large cable was then unwound from a winch, and the cable attached to the truck frame. Source: Internet
In the early 1990s, the now-teenaged Eleanor lives in the shadow of her sister's ghost, her family irrevocably unwound by Esme's death. Source: Internet