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unwindow

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To remove the window(s) or pane(s) from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, rare

Examples

  • 1710,) Charles Shadwell, The Fair Quaker of Deal: or, the Humours of the Navy, London: T. Lowndes, 1769, Act III, p. 48, Well, now we have got rid of the rum Duke, being in a very merry Humour, let us put it to the Vote, whether we shall beat the Mayor and Corporation, and drown the Constable; or shall we ravish all the Women we meet with, and unwindow the Houses?

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + window.