■ noun
1》 each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out the light.
2》 Photography a device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera.
3》 Music the blind enclosing the swell box in an organ, used for controlling the volume of sound.
■ verb close the ~s of (a window or building).
Derivatives
~ing noun
~less adjective