unsashed

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adjective

Not fitted with a sash.

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Meanings

adjectiveunsashed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot fitted with a sash.

    One storied in height — barred at the windows — unsashed — and with roofs covered by coarse tiles — they make no favorable first impression.

    1858, Paul Hamilton Payne, Russell's Magazine - Volume 2, page 119
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    A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.

    1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge

    The sun with accelerated pace abandoned the horizon, so that the darkness of night entering by the unsashed skylights of the ruins, mingled with the gloom shed by the dense foliage which served for curtains.

    1852, Antonio Diodoro Pascual -, The ruins of the Paraclete, page 27
  2. not comparableNot fastened with a sash.

    Before I can shout a warning the garment comes unsashed, instead of womanflesh, an automatic rifle flashes in an arc, and firing from the hip, the man runs for his life.

    2006, Lorrie Goldensohn, Dismantling Glory, →ISBN
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    I, for one, had to dance through the hedges and out into the road, tour jete, chasse, my terry-cloth robe unsashed and flapping in what the police report described as a moment of weakness cloaked in exceptional grace.

    2008, Sean Nevin, Oblivio Gate, →ISBN, page 52

    A man seated near the middle of the table rose to his feet and inclined his upper body, extending his hands to either side. He was tall, slender except for the stomach that tugged at his light-colored shirt that he wore loose and unsashed over.

    2014, Ru Emerson, The Calling of the Three, →ISBN
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unsash

Origin

From un- + sash + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sunshade
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APA

unsashed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsashed

MLA

“unsashed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsashed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsashed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsashed.

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