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barn doors en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) Four hinged metal slats that come (or are attachable) on the front of cinema lights, used for shaping light and fastening light gels.
   • Some broads have barn doors (see page 115) to block gross light spill into other set areas; others have even an adjustable beam, […] 1976, Herbert Zettl, Television Production Handbook, volume 10, page 105:
   • Clip the C-47 to the barn doors.
2. (plural, plural-only) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see barn, doors.

barn doors en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of barn door
   form of barn door