Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

barndoor

barndoor , noun

An opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas.

Text from the public-domain GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, derived from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913). Definitions marked with were added by later GCIDE contributors and are not in the original 1913 edition.

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