roller shutter

English

A roller shutter

Noun

roller shutter (plural roller shutters)

1. A shutter (for a window or door) consisting of a series of horizontal sections that are hinged together and attached to a roller at the top.
   • 1962 February, “Talking of Trains: Restaurant car problems”, in Modern Railways, page 79:

     [...] aluminium is used extensively for cross-partitions, intercommunicating doors and roller shutter doors.

Related terms

• roll
• rolled
• roller
• roller-top desk
• rolling
• rolling shutter
• shutter

 

Translations

shutter consisting of a series of horizontal sections that are hinged together

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捲閘／卷闸 (juǎnzhá)

• Danish: jalousi (da)
• Dutch: rolluik (nl) n
• Finnish: rullakaihdin
• French: volet roulant (fr)
• German: Rollladen (de) m, Rolllade f, Rollo (de) n
• Hungarian: redőny (hu), roló (hu)
• Italian: tapparella (it) f, avvolgibile (it) m
• Japanese: シャッター (ja) (shattā)
• Ottoman Turkish: كپنك (kepenk)
• Russian: рольста́вни (ru) m pl (rolʹstávni)
• Spanish: persiana (es) f
• Swedish: jalusi (sv)
• Turkish: kepenk (tr)