Definition of shutes:
(n) :
(Southern England, especially in place names) A steep road through a cleft in a hill.
(n) :
A surname.
(n) :
A village and civil parish in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2597).
(n) :
A hamlet in Shobrooke parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS8900).
(n) :
Alternative form of chute. [A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.]
(n) :
Alternative form of shoot. [The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.]