unsashed
unsashed adjective: not fitted with a sash. Also the simple past and past participle of unsash.
Adjective
unsashed (not comparable)
- Not fitted with a sash.
- 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
- Not 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
- 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
Also used as
unsashed is also the simple past and past participle of unsash.
Examples of unsashed in a sentence
- 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:
- 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:
Origin of unsashed
From un- + sash + -ed.
Questions about unsashed
- What does unsashed mean?
- Unsashed means not fitted with a sash.
- How do you use unsashed in a sentence?
- One storied in height — barred at the windows — unsashed — and with roofs covered by coarse tiles — they make no favorable first impression.
- What part of speech is unsashed?
- Unsashed is an adjective.
Words near unsashed in the dictionary
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