n. & v.
n. 1 a person or thing that shuts. 2 a each of a pair or set of panels fixed inside or outside a window for security or privacy or to keep the light in or out. b a structure of slats on rollers used for the same purpose. 3 a device that exposes the film in a photographic camera. 4 Mus. the blind of a swell-box in an organ used for controlling the sound-level.
v.tr. 1 put up the shutters of. 2 provide with shutters. put up the shutters 1 cease business for the day. 2 cease business etc. permanently. shutterless adj.