barn doors

noun

Four hinged metal slats that come (or are attachable) on the front of cinema lights, used for shaping light and fastening light gels.

“Clip the C-47 to the barn doors.”

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Meanings

nounbarn doors pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlybroadcastingFour hinged metal slats that come (or are attachable) on the front of cinema lights, used for shaping light and fastening light gels.

    Clip the C-47 to the barn doors.

    1 more example

    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
  2. pluralplural onlyUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see barn, doors.
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of barn door
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MLA

“barn doors.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barn%20doors. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barn doors,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barn%20doors.

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