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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.
Translations
shutters مصراع النافذة okenice skodder Fensterläden παραθυρόφυλλα contraventana, persianas ikkunaluukut volets prozorski kapci persiana シャッター 덧문 rolluik lemmer okiennica persianas, veneziana ставни fönsterluckor บานเกล็ดหน้าต่าง kepenk cửa chớp 百叶窗


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The clergyman's shutters fitted well, and the clergyman's curtains were closely drawn.
It was hot in the room, the inside shutters of which were closed.
"We are not English," said my companion, watching me helplessly while I threw open the shutters of one of the divisions of the wide high window.
 
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