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English
Etymology
un- + bolt
Verb
unbolt (third-person singular simple present unbolts, present participle unbolting, simple past and past participle unbolted)
- (transitive) To unlock by undoing the bolts of.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:Then, sweet my lord, I’ll call mine uncle down;
He shall unbolt the gates.
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