Meanings
present singular third person unshutters · participle present unshuttering · participle past unshuttered · past unshuttered
- transitiveTo open or remove the shutters of.
First he unshuttered the little lattice-window of the room on the ground floor; a simple operation enough, for the shutter was a mere wooden flap, which was closed over the window at night, and bolted with a wooden bolt on the outside
1859–1861, [Thomas Hughes], Tom Brown at Oxford: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1861, →OCLC
Origin
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unshutter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unshutter
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