barndoor

See also: barn door

English

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Etymology

barn + door

Noun

barndoor (plural barndoors)

  1. The large door of a barn
    • 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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