Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SHUTTERING
Noun
shuttering (plural shutterings)
The act of closing something with shutters.
(figurative) The winding down of a business, a publication, etc.
(construction) Formwork.
Verb
shuttering
present participle of shutter
Source: Wiktionary
SHUTTER
Shut"ter, n.
1. One who shuts or closes.
2. A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.
3. A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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