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Meaning of shuttering

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shuttering

verb

Definitions

  1. To close shutters covering.

    Example: Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!

  2. To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.

    Example: It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.

  3. To cancel or terminate.

    Example: The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of closing something with shutters.

  2. The winding down of a business, a publication, etc.

  3. Formwork.