barn doors

See also: barndoors

English

Noun

barn doors pl (plural only)

1. (film) 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.

   • 1976, Herbert Zettl, Television Production Handbook, volume 10, page 105:

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

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see barn,‎ doors.

Verb

barn doors

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of barn door