were unbarring
- past progressive of unbar.
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Whilst the soldiers were unbarring this door, the Marquis groaned, and wished he had never been born; and the poor Marchioness was obliged to lean upon Henri, or she would have fallen to the ground.
From The Fairchild Family by Rudland, Florence M.
