barndoor

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English

Etymology

From barn +‎ door.

Noun

barndoor (plural barndoors)

  1. Alternative form of barn door
    • 1898, Stuart Dodgson Collingwood, The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll:
      Do we blame the wanton schoolboy, with a pebble in his hand, all powerless to resist the alluring vastness of a barndoor?

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