Window shutter


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a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows.

See also: Window

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
References in classic literature ?
So he hid behind a window shutter, on the outside, and awaited events.
Anna Maria went down by way of the skirting-board and a window shutter to the kitchen to steal the dough.
A saddled horse was fastened to the window shutter. The cardinal knocked three times, and in a peculiar manner.
As a house, Barton Cottage, though small, was comfortable and compact; but as a cottage it was defective, for the building was regular, the roof was tiled, the window shutters were not painted green, nor were the walls covered with honeysuckles.
In the meanwhile, Turlington barred the window shutters of the room, and looked at his watch.
All the outer doors and all the window shutters were solidly sheathed with iron, and had alarm-bells attached to them on a new principle.
I started from my sleep with horror; a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed; when, by the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window shutters, I beheld the wretch --the miserable monster whom I had created.
I waited just long enough to see the baffled officers unbarring the window shutters for the purpose of giving the alarm, before I closed the peephole, and with a farewell look at the distorted face of my prostrate enemy, Screw, left the room.
The TV housemates first got to see him as they sat in the living area and a window shutter was slowly raised.
Kim Egerton, prosecuting, said the shop was targeted during the early hours of July 23 and a window shutter had been forced open before the jewellery was taken.
It is the first outlet in Merseyside t o install Roller-Vision, a high security window shutter capable of carrying full colour, high quality, graffiti-proof, images Managing director Laurence Levey said: "The full colour photographs mean potential customers can admire the goods while we are closed and the real articles are locked away in our safe.