Shutter
['ʃʌtə] or ['ʃʌtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a hinged blind for a window.
(noun.) a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure.
(verb.) close with shutters; 'We shuttered the window to keep the house cool'.
Typist: Ted--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who shuts or closes.
(n.) A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.
(n.) A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
Typed by Darla
Examples
- This shutter was wound up by a spring operated by a pull cord. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was a little black leather-covered rectangular box, about six inches long, with a sort of blind eye at one end closed by a cylindrical shutter, substantially as seen in Fig. 203. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- That's the stretcher, or the shutter, whichever of the two they are carrying,' said Miss Abbey, with experienced ear. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A full view of this shutter is also represented, with its opening, D, in the small illustration to the right. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Caroline rapidly closed shutter and lattice. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was a sort of disk or moving-shutter movement which, on revolving, gave projected objects the appearance of animation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Holmes rushed at the bell-pull, tore back a small sliding shutter, and, plunging in his hand, pulled out a photograph and a letter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- At length I detected a ray of light struggling through a closed shutter in one of the upper rooms--it was a novel feeling, alas! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After some delay, and some assistance from Toby, the shutter to which he had referred, swung open on its hinges. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It being now dark, the shutter was closed, and a candle lighted and placed upon the table. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I heard Sir Percival barring up the window-shutters. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The shutters were up but it was still going on inside. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When they reached the front it was dark, and the shutters were closed, so that nothing of the interior could be seen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Its former pleasant air of occupation was gone, and the shutters were half closed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I see Dawson the Ironmonger has his shutters up--which Sir Pitt made such a noise about. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- By degrees, the shutters were opened; the window-blinds were drawn up; and people began passing to and fro. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Take down the shutters, yer idle young ruffian! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I will go into the library and write you some memoranda from my uncle's letter, if you will open the shutters for me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- My first care was to close the shutters, so that no light might be seen from without, and then to close and make fast the doors. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Edited by Daniel