shuttingn.
/ˈʃʌtɪŋ/ 1.
a. In transitive senses of the verb; closing, fastening up, drawing together, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting
shutting?a1366
closing1398
clausurec1440
sparring1564
uphasping1582
closure1600
fastening1605
shut1667
close1721
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 1598 For ther is noon so litel thing So hid, ne closed with shitting, That it ne is sene.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/2 Schetynge, or lokkynge wythe lokkys, seracio.
1562 in F. J. Furnivall Child-marriages, Divorces, & Ratifications Diocese Chester (1897) 116 The shuttinge of windowes.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 75 The said shutting of their mouths.
a1754 J. Strange Rep. Cases (1755) 1 615 The day of the shutting of the books.
1779 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 7 July The shutting of our ports against France.
b. Welding, splicing.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding
shutting1490
welding1603
welling1660
burning1688
shutting up1852
shutting together1883
shooting1892
1490 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1886) 16 298 For schettyng of the..bell claper viij d.
1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 150 Shutyng & Amendyng of v boltes.
1555 in T. Wright Churchwardens' Accts. Ludlow (1869) 62 For shutynge on of the old hynges..ij d.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 78 Shutting is joining or welding one piece of iron to another.
2. Something which closes fast, a bar, shutter. Usually plural. Also, a junction, a place where two things come together.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > bolt or bar
shuttle971
barc1175
esselc1275
slota1300
sperel13..
ginc1330
staple-bar1339
shotc1430
shuttingc1440
shutc1460
spar1596
counter-bar1611
shooter1632
drawbar1670
night bolt1775
drop-bolt1786
snibbing-bolt1844
stay-band1844
window bar1853
heck-stower1876
barrel bolt1909
latch bolt1909
panic bolt1911
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [noun] > a join or junction
juncturea1382
jointure1382
joiningc1384
commissure?c1425
shuttingc1440
concourse?a1560
abutment1644
internodium1653
shut1721
uniting1728
conjuncture1747
join1825
junction1841
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/2 Schetynge, or schettynge, or sperynge, clausura.
1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. xxxv. 24 Than frote welle thyn heed, for it openyth the shettyngis of þi brayne.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xxiii. 30 You must..fasten cupping glasses to the shutting of the ioyntes.
a1679 J. Moore Englands Interest (1703) 108 The Bar or Shutting [of the door of a bee-hive] is to be made four square, of some heavy Matter, as Lead.
3. In intransitive senses of the verb: The close of a day, evening, etc.; nightfall.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] > twilight, dusk, or nightfall
nighteOE
evengloamOE
eveningOE
gloamingc1000
darknessa1382
twilighting1387
crepusculum1398
crepusculec1400
darkc1400
twilight1412
sky1515
twinlightc1532
day-going?1552
cockshut1592
shutting1598
blind man's holiday1599
candle-lighting1605
gropsing1606
nightfall1612
dusk1622
torchlighta1656
candlelight1663
crepuscle1665
shut1667
mock-shade1669
close1696
duskish1696
glooma1699
setting1699
dimmit1746
to-fall of the day or night1748
darklins1767
even-close1781
mirkning1790
gloaming-shot1793
darkening1814
bat-flying time1818
gloama1821
between-light1821
settle1822
dayfall1823
evenfall1825
onfall1825
owl-hoot1832
glooming1842
darkfall1884
smokefall1936
dusk-light1937
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. v. 8 In the night, or in the shutting of the euening.
1699 True Relation Sir T. Morgan's Progress France 13 The Major-General desired his Excellency, that he would give orders to them..to keep themselves in readiness..for at the shutting of the Night he would fall on.
1924 C. Mackenzie Heavenly Ladder xix. 247 They finished decorating the church just before the shutting in of a still and humid dusk.
4. In combination with various adverbs.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [noun] > keeping or shutting out
shuttingc1440
non-admission1575
excluding1581
exclusion1614
disclusion1656
keeping1835
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 445/2 Schettynge in, inclusio... Schettynge owte, exclusio.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. ix. sig. F.iiiv/2 In the shuttinge vppe and ende of all ages.
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Ziv v The setting of the Sun, and shutting in of nighte, belong to Zephyr.
1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 191 A little before shutting in of day-light.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 44 I mention'd..shutting of Houses up.
1798 R. W. Miller in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. clv The thickness of the smoke at the shutting in of the evening.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxvii. 129 The shop was not closed, although it was past the usual hour of shutting-up.
1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 14 The deliberate shutting out of a large..portion of available evidence.
1891 Daily News 3 Mar. 2/4 The shutting down of the mines in America.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 677 The sudden shutting off of the blood-supply to a limited area of the brain.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
shutting joint n. the joint against which a door or gate closes.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate-post > part of
shutting joint1823
pier cap1873
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door-post > shutting joint
shutting joint1823
stop1833
1823 Practical Builder iii. 182 (heading) On the formation of the shutting-joints of doors.
1929 T. Corkhill in R. Greenhalgh Joinery & Carpentry I. iii. 171 The hinge is on the concave and the result is an extremely awkward shutting joint.
1944 N. W. Kay Pract. Carpenter & Joiner vi. 140 As a curved rebate is not always possible the shutting joint is set out to a straight surface tangential to the greatest radius on the framing.
shutting post n. the post against which a door or gate closes.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > gate > gate-post
postela1225
gate-cheek1513
gatepost1522
shaft1522
post1662
pier1665
impost1730
clapping-post1792
hanging-post1792
heel post1802
hanging-stile1823
stay1869
shutting posta1877
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of door > [noun] > door-post
postOE
postela1225
door-treec1300
durnc1325
puncheon1519
by-post1535
door-cheek1535
doorpost1535
side post1535
pier1665
impost1730
hanging-post1792
heel post1802
hanging-stile1823
door-jamb1836
shutting posta1877
hanging-head1888
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. III. 2170/1 Shutting post, the post or joint against which a gate or door is closed.
1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 764/1 On the under side of the shutting post is a small roller which runs on to a bracket on the shutting post itself, thus taking up the whole weight of the gate when it is closed.
shutting stile n. (see quot. 1955).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > [noun] > framing > part of framing
jamb1428
scuncheon1435
cheek1485
scunch1611
ancon1706
shutting stile1909
backband1940
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Shutting stile.
1955 N. W. Kay Mod. Building Encycl. 613 Shutting stile, door or window stile opposite the hanging stile.
C2. Specific uses.
shutting off n. (see quot.).
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of > action of
overbanking1881
guard action1884
shutting off1884
1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 240 Shutting Off, a term used to describe the operation of throwing the winding wheels [of a fusee watch] out of action.
shutting up n. (a) see quot. 1852; (b) welding; (c) shutting-up time: the hour for closing the shop, etc.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding
shutting1490
welding1603
welling1660
burning1688
shutting up1852
shutting together1883
shooting1892
society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > stopping work > stopping time
upwark15..
leaving-off time1834
quitting time1835
knocking-off1883
shutting-up time1889
knock-off time1899
thirty1929
1852 G. W. Johnson Cottage Gardeners' Dict. 824 Shutting-up is closing the lights of frames, pits, greenhouses, and stoves, which have been opened for the admission of air.
1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxx It was latish..and near shutting-up time.
shutting together n. = shutting up n. (b).
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding
shutting1490
welding1603
welling1660
burning1688
shutting up1852
shutting together1883
shooting1892
1883 W. J. E. Crane Smithy & Forge 43 Joining two pieces of bar or rod together which the smith usually denominates ‘shutting up’ or ‘shutting together’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
shuttingadj.
That shuts.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective]
closinga1616
shutting1634
1634 in Archaeologia 35 197 Fower shutting windowes.
1803 Visct. Strangford tr. L. V. de Camoens Poems 52 When..night-drops bathe each shutting bell [of a flower].
1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 83 A shutting gate..we hear.
1900 F. T. Elworthy Horns of Honour ii. 143 The grinning opening and shutting jaws.
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