Shutter

[peeler_feeler]

When I read this word "shutter" I think of two things, a mechanism on a camera, or a window covering. Recently I see this word being used in the context of companies closing down, ex. GM shuttering 4 plants in a cost saving measure. To me the use of this word in this context seems strange. Guess my vocabulary needs expansion.

 

[malata]

oh shutter up! Me likes the sounds of that

 

[Silkroad]

Personally, I shudder at the improper use of shutter.

 

[shack]

When I read this word "shutter" I think of two things, a mechanism on a camera, or a window covering. Recently I see this word being used in the context of companies closing down, ex. GM shuttering 4 plants in a cost saving measure. To me the use of this word in this context seems strange. Guess my vocabulary needs expansion.

It's not used a lot and I've never used it, but I have heard it. It is like when you see an abandoned building and wooden boards are covering all the windows.

 

[Dutch Oven]

It refers to the old factories which, like old homes, had wooden window shutters which could be moved to cover the windows to protect them from storms or intruders. Naturally, when a factory with shuttered windows was shut down, the wooden shutters were secured over the windows. It was a clear way of signifying that the factory wouldn't be reopening any time soon.

 

[oldjones]

When I read this word "shutter" I think of two things, a mechanism on a camera, or a window covering. Recently I see this word being used in the context of companies closing down, ex. GM shuttering 4 plants in a cost saving measure. To me the use of this word in this context seems strange. Guess my vocabulary needs expansion.

From the window covering: As in 'The company closed the shutters, locked the gate and walked away'. Or. 'They went bust and the place is all closed up and shuttered'.