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Meanings of unbarred in English

Not firmly fastened or secured.

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Usage of unbarred in English
1
The outer door was unbarred, and the door into the room open.
The Web of Life
2
The shutter was unbarred and opened for the space of several inches.
For the Liberty of Texas
3
He unbarred the huge, clumsy door and allowed Ruth to pass in.
The Rainbow Trail
4
The gate of the courtyard was unbarred, and they passed out unquestioned.
A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes
5
Against the far wall, beneath an unbarred window, stood the freezer chest.
Desert places: a novel of terror
6
The old man unbarred a shutter and the light touched her face.
Crucial Instances
7
Wordlessly Tallanvor unbarred a sally-port, a small door set within one gate.
To the blight: the eye of the world
8
We had left the door unbarred so that his entrance was unhampered.
Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
9
The unbarred shutter below was remembered, and associated itself with this circumstance.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
10
As soon as the servitor recognized Francis' voice, he unbarred the door.
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
11
Be ready to rush in the moment the door is unbarred.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 15
12
The gate was unbarred, and Nick in the court in half-a-minute.
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
13
The guard lolled before the unbarred gate of the cage which confined me.
The Gods of Mars
14
It was the first time Rhiannon had seen the door unbarred.
Celtic fire
15
He welcomed the step of Mervale at his threshold, and unbarred the door.
Zanoni
16
Meeting his gaze, she unbarred a floodgate of happy tenderness in her eyes.
The Path of a Star
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