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Barndoor

noun
1.
An opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas.



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... his mauser charged with a messenger of death, which any moment might wing its way to any one of us. No wonder if the famished soldiers could not quite see the equity of the arrangement which left him at liberty to hunt for their lives but would not allow them to lay a finger on one of his barndoor fowls. It would be absurd to suppose that, in the face of such pressure, the vigilance of the police was never eluded; and our mounted scouts were always well away from police control. As the result their saddles became ...
— With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back • Edward P. Lowry


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