Barn door
noun
the door of a barn
(informal) a target so large that it cannot be missed
(photog, television, theatre) an adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp
contemporary examples
facebook has—to fracture an old phrase—just closed the barn door after a billion cows already departed the premises.
you can’t have facebook’s best privacy policy dennis kneale may 22, 2014
historical examples
joe braggs, for instance, would snore till the barn door rattled.
the yeoman adventurer george w. gough
he tiptoed to the barn door, eying a light in the farm-house.
the trail of the hawk sinclair lewis
he told how one of their party had come near getting his skin sewed on a barn door.
a man for the ages irving bach-ller
there was the little hen, sitting on the ground, near the barn door.
clematis bertha b. cobb
mr. preston stood at the barn door, giving commands to the workers.
madge morton’s trust amy d. v. chalmers
his mother turned the key in the padlock on the outside of the barn door.
the curlytops and their pets howard r. garis
why, from the price i expected something as big as a barn door!
it pays to smile nina wilc-x putnam
a burnt stick and a barn door served wilkie in lieu of pencil and canvas.
self-help samuel smiles
he finished the milking and the other ch-r-s and latched the barn door.
the duck-footed hound james arthur kjelgaard
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