unbolt

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ bolt.

Verb

unbolt (third-person singular simple present unbolts, present participle unbolting, simple past and past participle unbolted)

1. (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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     Then, sweet my lord, I’ll call mine uncle down;
     He shall unbolt the gates.

Translations

unlock by undoing bolts

• Bulgarian: отлоствам (otlostvam)
• French: déboulonner (fr), déverrouiller (fr)
• Greek: ανοίγω (el) (anoígo)
• Ido: desboltagar (io)
• Italian: sbullonare

Anagrams

• Blount