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plural shutters
One who shuts or closes something. quotations examples
the openers and shutters of the sluices we believe are basic to the history of mind
1980, Max Scheler, translated by Manfred S. Frings, Problems of a Sociology of Knowledge
The volunteers consisted of a ringmaster, two experienced young cattlemen to grade the cattle, gate-openers and shutters […]
1958, Blackwood's Magazine
(usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light. examples
(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture. examples
Any other opening and closing device. quotations examples
A service hatch with sliding shutter is situated at the end of the kitchen next to the dining compartment. […] A shutter, in three parts, is fitted, which when lowered completely encloses the bar.
1950 June, “New Restaurant and Buffet Cars, G.N.R.(I.)”, in Railway Magazine, pages 415, 416
third-person singular simple present shutters, present participle shuttering, simple past and past participle shuttered
(transitive) To close shutters covering. examples
(transitive, figurative) To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy. examples
(transitive) To cancel or terminate. quotations examples
It has been a dithery decade for nuclear policy. After the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, several countries began shuttering their reactors and tearing up plans for new ones.
December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian
After some additional legal wrangling, Morse, exhausted and out of money, withdrew his remaining appeals and shuttered the production in April 1883.
2015, Henry Bial, Playing God: The Bible on the Broadway Stage, page 3