upshut

upshut

English

Etymology

up- +‎ shut

Verb

upshut (third-person singular simple present upshuts, present participle upshutting, simple past and past participle upshut)

1. (transitive, poetic, archaic) To shut up; to close.
   • 1854, Friedrich Schiller, ‎Montagu Montagu, The Song of the Bell: And Other Poems (page 133)

     Now in due order all again
     Into its place he puts;
     The Sanctuary arranges; then
     Withdraws, and that upshuts.