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Unshutter

Unshutter \Un*shut"ter\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shutter.] To open or remove the shutters of.
--T. Hughes.

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unshutter

vb. (context transitive English) To open or remove the shutters of.

Usage examples of "unshutter".

The windows were unshuttered and uncurtained except by cobwebs, and so filthy the sunlight was dimmed to a pale glimmer.

As they ascended, the gale was still pounding on the roof and an unshuttered lattice showed a thick drift of snow on the outer sill, but over the tumult came the echo of a clear voice singing.

In an upper floor there was a glow of firelight and candlelight through the curtains of unshuttered windows.

Like a window being unshuttered, pale tendrils of mist acted as a frame.

A faint light limned the unshuttered window and open door that led out into the garden.

Labienus got up and paced across to an unshuttered window, through which blew a cold, ominously wintry blast from the north.

The light, which poured in through unshuttered apertures high in the walls, was good enough for him to see that her face was depressingly ugly, only the single charm of youth to soften it.

The lamp flickered as a slight whisper of moist air, bearing the damp smells of the resurgent forest, slipped through the open and unshuttered window.

The houses, some shuttered and some unshuttered, were plaster-finished in various shades of white, tinged pink by the red dust and gray by age.

At the top of the stairs he went straight to the door that opened into the sitting room, passed through it to the atelierro, and found Sario Grijalva standing at an unshuttered window staring out into the courtyard.

Grijalva turned away abruptly, returned to the unshuttered window, and stared out again.

That afternoon, we sat midway between the cavernous fireplace with its still-glowing coals and a window unshuttered to freshen the room with spring breeze-breath now and again.

Another all-butempty brandy-bottle stood on the table while from outside came the monotonous tread of the sentry, and from time to time his faint shadow passed the barred unshuttered window.

The bow colloid is unshuttered and Captain Purnall, one hand on the wheel, is feeling for a fair slant.

Crouched by the bureau and protected by it, a narrow streak of grey showed him the unshuttered half of the window.