shutter


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shutter/ˈʃʌtə(r)/
noun
  • 1 each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out the light.
  • 2 Photography a device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera.
  • 3 Music the blind enclosing the swell box in an organ, used for controlling the volume of sound.
verb close the shutters of (a window or building).
– derivatives
shuttering noun,
shutterless adjective.
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