ˈshuttering, vbl. n.
[f. shutter v. and n. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of the vb. shutter. b. Material for making shutters.
| 1868 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 253 This is a detestable practice, shuttering; I rebel against it. 1898 F. W. Macey Specif. Detail 371 Movable sheet-iron shuttering. |
2. a. = formwork s.v. form n. 22. b. = form n. 18 b.
| 1895 E. de V. Buckingham Contractors' Price-Bk. 371 (heading) Concrete building casing and shuttering (per yard super). 1902 Min. Proc. Inst. Civil Engin. CXLIX. 298 If the shutterings or drums are well made and kept well greased, a fairly good and even face can be obtained by mixing the concrete rather wet, and well chopping down behind the shutterings or drums. 1919 Spectator 25 Oct. 539/2 The soil..to be used without admixture..and to be thrown direct into the shutterings. 1939 Archit. Rev. LXXXVI. 35 The facing slabs..can be used, when braced, as external shuttering to a reinforced concrete wall. 1959 Listener 27 Aug. 316/2 Exposed concrete shows the least incidents of the shuttering, the joints of the planks, the fibres and knots of the wood. 1976 Star (Sheffield) 20 Nov. (Advt.), Shuttering joiners required. |