barn door

noun

1. the door of a barn
2. informal.
   a target so large that it cannot be missed
3. photog television theatre an adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp

Example Sentences

Facebook has—to fracture an old phrase—just closed the barn door after a billion cows already departed the premises.

From The Daily Beast

The piece begins with a wooden barn door pierced with two inconspicuous peepholes.

From The Daily Beast

Birds were chirping in the orchard trees, and there was the scarcely less pleasant sound of barn-door fowls near at hand.

From Project Gutenberg

"Take off that old barn-door hat, Landy, so we can see what ye got," called someone from the walk.

From Project Gutenberg

Friedrich cautiously rises; dresses; takes his money, his new red roquelaure, unbolts the Barn-door, and walks out.

From Project Gutenberg

After a while, at the barn door there was a familiar flash of white and yellow.

From Project Gutenberg

Dorothy then went in, leaving the boys at the great barn door.

From Project Gutenberg