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shuttered

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shut·ter  (shtr)
n.
1. One that shuts, as:
a. A hinged cover or screen for a window, usually fitted with louvers.
b. A mechanical device of a camera that controls the duration of a photographic exposure, as by opening and closing to allow light coming through the lens to expose a plate or film.
2. shutters Music The movable louvers on a pipe organ, controlled by pedals, that open and close the swell box.
tr.v. shut·tered, shut·ter·ing, shut·ters
1. To furnish or close with shutters: locked the doors and shuttered the windows.
2. To cause to cease operations; close down: shuttered the store for the holiday.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.shuttered - provided with shutters or shutters as specified; often used in combination; "a church with a shuttered belfry and spire"; "green-shuttered cottages"
unshuttered - not provided with shutters or having the shuttered open; "unshuttered windows"
Translations
shuttered [ˈʃʌtəd] ADJ [house, window] (= fitted with shutters) → con contraventanas; (= with shutters closed) → con las contraventanas cerradas
the windows were shuttered (= had shutters) → las ventanas tenían contraventana(s); (= had shutters closed) → las ventanas tenían las contraventanas cerradas
shuttered
adj
(= with shutters) housemit (Fenster)läden; door, windowmit Läden
(= with closed shutters) house, roommit geschlossenen (Fenster)läden; the people watched from behind shuttered windowsdie Leute sahen hinter den geschlossenen (Fenster)läden zu
(fig) a shuttered lookein verschlossener Blick
shuttered [ˈʃʌtəd] adjcon le imposte


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With its grimy, weather-stained walls and all the windows shuttered from top to bottom, it looked damp and gloomy and deserted.
There was no flag flying on the round tower; the School-house windows were all shuttered up; and when the flag went up again, and the shutters came down, it would be to welcome a stranger.
Raffle's next care was to muffle the bell on the shuttered window
 
 
 
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