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shutter 1, noun(dictionary)
shutter 2, verb(dictionary)
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shutter (iou)



shutter noun & verb. M16.
[from SHUT verb + -ER1.]
A. noun.
gen. A person who or thing which shuts. Also foll. by adverb. M16.
spec.
a. Theatrical. Either of a pair of movable flats run in from opposite wings to meet in the middle of the stage. Now chiefly Hist. M17.
b. Either of a pair or set of movable (esp. wooden) panels fixed to the outside or the inside of a window for security or privacy or to shut out the light. Also, a structure of slats on rollers serving the same purpose. L17.
put up the shutters (a) cease business for the day; (b) cease business permanently. storm shutter: see STORM noun. Venetian shutter: see VENETIAN adjective.
P. Marshall Closed shutters..barring the noon heat. E. Longford Shopkeepers put up their shutters.
c. A hinged folding cover for protecting a picture in a frame from light, dust, etc. L17.
d. In pl. The louvre-boards forming one or more sides of the swell-box of an organ, used for controlling the sound level. L19.
e. A lid or sliding cover for obscuring the light of a lamp. E20.
f. A device for regulating the supply of cooling air to the radiator of an internal-combustion engine, esp. a tractor. E20.
g. = FORM noun 15. M20.
Photography. A device in a camera which opens and closes to regulate the duration of an exposure. M19.
between-lens shutter, leaf shutter, rotary shutter, etc.
C. Isherwood I am a camera with its shutter open.
Comb.: shutter-blind a blind with louvres to allow air to circulate; shutter-bug slang an enthusiastic photographer; shutter-dam: having gates which are opened and closed by hydraulic pressure obtained by water driven through pipes by a turbine; shutter release the button on a camera that is pressed to cause the shutter to open; shutter speed the nominal time for which a shutter is open at a given setting; shutter weir a movable weir with gates pivoted about a horizontal axis at or towards the bottom and held nearly vertical until released.
b. verb trans.
Close with a shutter; refl. shut oneself in or off (as) with shutters. E19.
A. Mason The window had been shuttered.
Provide with shutters. Only as shuttered ppl adjective. M19.
T. N. Talfourd Green-shuttered white 'Pensions'.
shuttering noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) material for making shutters; (c) = FORM noun 15b: M19.
shutterless adjective E19.