Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The door of a barn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas.
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- noun The
door of abarn
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas
- noun the large sliding door of a barn
Etymologies
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Examples
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By stepping through the reveal of Giacomo Rossi-Stuart's doppelgänger, I noticed that the green light that suddenly illuminates the side of his face flares up a beat or two after he turns to face the hero -- as if it was already on, waiting for a piece of cardboard to drop away, or a lighting "barndoor" to open and expose it.
Archive 2007-01-28 2007
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By stepping through the reveal of Giacomo Rossi-Stuart's doppelgänger, I noticed that the green light that suddenly illuminates the side of his face flares up a beat or two after he turns to face the hero -- as if it was already on, waiting for a piece of cardboard to drop away, or a lighting "barndoor" to open and expose it.
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At times a glance down into the clear water will show a score of fish in sight at once, hake, haddock, cod, halibut, dog-fish, and perhaps an immense "barndoor" skate, a yard or more square.
The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919
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Basil! he never could understand why she could not climb trees as well as he and Susan D. D.ar Basil! dearest of boys! how nice he looked in his new blue suit; and who would mend the first "barndoor" that he tore in jacket or trousers?
Fernley House Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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It was "only" the 3rd largest barndoor captured during the week of my stay.
Field & Stream 2009
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So I agree with "shinyteapot", add a Dany scene so the viewer sees her struggle. hell, they're already added the brothel scene to help character development, so that barndoor is already open.
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Never had there been such slaughtering of capons, and fat geese, and barndoor fowls; never such boiling of “reested” hams; never such making of car-cakes and sweet scones, Selkirk bannocks, cookies, and petticoat-tails — delicacies little known to the present generation.
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There is not much apparent resemblance between a barndoor Fowl and the Dog who protects the farm-yard.
Essays 2007
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December 30, 2005 at 5: 41 pm closing the barndoor too late†¦
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When I recovered my presence of mind a little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket indeed! it was as big as a barndoor padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt.
inkish commented on the word barndoor
also a verb in rockclimbing
October 29, 2009
dontcry commented on the word barndoor
What not to bother closing after the horse has left the building.
October 29, 2009