unsnib

present singular third person unsnibs · participle present unsnibbing · participle past unsnibbed · past unsnibbed

1. to undo, untie, or open or become undone, untied, or opened.

   Somehow she managed to unsnib the window and escape.

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   Catherine unsnibbed the [toilet] door and came out. She smiled bravely and went to wash her hands.

   1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Part 2, at page 262 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)

   She unsnibs the window — the metal catches already hot between finger and thumb — and hauls the juddering sach upwards.

   2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 4

   Synonyms: unbolt, unlatch, unfasten