shuttering

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shuttering

noun shutterings

countable, uncountable The act of closing something with shutters.
Similar: shutdown
countable, figuratively, uncountable The winding down of a business, a publication, etc. In the long run, Marvel's B&W newsstand efforts outlasted the closing and shutterings of both Skywald and Warren's doors but the longest lived of their horror titles only lasted two years, from 1973–1975.
countable, uncountable Formwork. s (plural)
Similar: shutter

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of shutter

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@misc{shuttering_2026,
  title = {shuttering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shuttering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}