forshut
English
Alternative forms
- forschut (obsolete)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English forschutten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English forscyttan (“to shut up, shut out, exclude, prevent, obviate”), equivalent to for- + shut.
Verb
forshut (third-person singular simple present forshuts, present participle forshutting, simple past and past participle forshut)
- (transitive) To shut off or out; preclude; prohibit.