Usually means: Hinged doors on theatrical lights.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. barn doors: Merriam-Webster
  2. barn doors: Collins English Dictionary
  3. barn doors: Vocabulary.com
  4. barn doors: Wiktionary
  5. Barn doors: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Barn doors: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

(Note: See barn_door as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (barn doors)

noun:  (film) Four hinged metal slats that come (or are attachable) on the front of cinema lights, used for shaping light and fastening light gels.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see barn, doors.

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