shuttering

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Noun

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shuttering (countable and uncountable, plural shutterings)

  1. The act of closing something with shutters.
  2. (figurative) The winding down of a business, a publication, etc.
    • 2013, Richard J. Arndt, Horror Comics in Black and White: A History and Catalog, 1964-2004:
      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.
  3. (construction) Formwork.
    • 1977, Jaques Heyman, Equilibrium of Shell Structures, Clarendon Press, Oxford, page 107:
      [I]n practice, small deformations will occur in the shell on striking the shuttering, or... alternatively, some small deformations are due to slightly imperfect placing of the original formwork.

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Verb

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shuttering

  1. present participle and gerund of shutter

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