shutter
/ˈʃʌtɚ/ noun C1- One who shuts or closes something.
- Each of a series of protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
- A similar screen used as an improvised stretcher to carry someone wounded or sick.
- The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
- Any other opening and closing device.
- A panel used to contain freshly poured concrete, which is usually removed when the concrete hardens.
Plural shutters
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He examined the lock of the safe, the door of the room, and finally the iron shutters of the window.
Finally he asked the chief clerk to close the iron shutters, and he pointed out to me that they hardly met in the centre, and that it would be possible for anyone outside to see what was going on within the room.
Vincent Spaulding seemed to know so much about it that I thought he might prove useful, so I just ordered him to put up the shutters for the day and to come right away with me.
My evidence showed that the door had been fastened upon the inner side, and the windows were blocked by old-fashioned shutters with broad iron bars, which were secured every night.
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