Meaning of barn doors | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Four hinged metal slats that come (or are attachable) on the front of cinema lights, used for shaping light and fastening light gels.
   plural, plural-only
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see barn, doors.
   plural, plural-only

Examples

“Clip the C-47 to the barn doors.”

“Some broads have barn doors (see page 115) to block gross light spill into other set areas; others have even an adjustable beam, […]”

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