a window shutter which is hinged at the bottom; cf. fallboard n. (a).
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释义 | society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > parts of windows > [noun] > fittings or ornaments of windows > shutter (34) fall window1422 a window shutter which is hinged at the bottom; cf. fallboard n. (a). lock1440 Apparently: a small window, hatch, or shutter in a door or window. Obsolete. window?c1500 A wooden shutter for a window. Usually in plural: a pair of shutters. Frequently with modifier, as shutting windows, wooden windows. Now historical. lid1535 Applied to a door, shutter, board, or the like, closing an aperture. Now dialect or slang. Cf. port-lid n. at port, n.3 compounds 2. winnock-bred1546 a window-shutter. window lid1591 a shutter or similar screen for a window. counter-window1600 A shutter outside a window. shut1611 Something which shuts off or closes up. A shutter for a window. Now dialect. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.) shuttle1614 ? A shutter or a partition. window-broad1628 a shutter for a window; frequently in plural; cf. later window board, n. 1. window-shut1649 = window shutter n.; cf. shut, n.1 1b. window shutter1665 each of a pair of shutters on a window; = shutter, n. 2a(a); usually in plural. window board1683 Scottish and English regional (northern). A shutter for a window. Frequently in plural. Cf. earlier window-broad n. at window, n. compounds 2. Obs… shutter1720 spec. A movable wooden or iron screen, applied to the outside or the inside of a window, to shut out the light or to ensure privacy or safety. fallboard1742 †(a) a shutter (esp. of a window) which is hinged at the bottom (obsolete); (b) the hinged cover for the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc. jalousie1766 A blind or shutter made with slats which slope upwards from without, so as to exclude sun and rain, and admit air and some light. storm shutter1834 an outside window-shutter for use in stormy weather. rain door1867 = amado, n. amado1873 In singular and (less commonly) plural. In Japan: a set of tall sliding shutters, used to protect the windows, doors, etc., of a house, esp. against… sunbreak1891 Something, as a screen, a row of trees, etc., that provides protection from the sun; (in later use) spec. = brise-soleil, n. Cf. wind-break, n. 1. brise-soleil1944 A device (whether a perforated screen, louvers, or projections) for shutting out direct or excessive sunlight. Subcategories:— made of laths (5) — parts of shutter (4) — support for shutter (1) — box or fitting for shutters (3) |
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