barn doorn.

Etymology: < barn n.

1. The large door of a barn. (Applied humorously to a target too large to be easily missed, and, in Cricket, to a player that blocks every ball.)

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > barn > parts of

mowstead1531

barn door?1544

driveway1834

barn-loft1837

barn chamber1838

picking-hole1847

?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. D.iii^v Bendynge hys browes as brode as barne durres.

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 32 While the Cock..to the stack, or the Barn dore, Stoutly struts his Dames before.

1679 ‘T. Ticklefoot’ Some Observ. Tryals Wakeman 9 My Old Master Clodpate would have been hanged before he would have missed such a Barn-dore.

1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. ii. 50 Heavily closed, with a jarring sound, the valves of the barn-doors.

2. transferred. A door-like shutter in front of a lamp used for photographic purposes.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > shutter

Venetian shutter1844

obturator1853

shutter1862

roller blind1882

leaf shutter1892

time shutter1893

between-lens shutter1909

barn door1942

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 600 Barn door, a doorlike attachment on a lens to control the light.

1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 79/1 Barn-doors, adjustable flaps fitted to the front of a lighting unit, in order to control the spread of the light beam.

1960 O. Skilbeck ABC of Film & TV Working Terms 16 Barn door, a variable mask designed to be used in front of studio lamps..and consisting of ‘doors’ opening longitudinally and/or vertically.

3. attributive.

a. Reared at the barn door.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [adjective] > reared at barn-door

barn doorc1685

c1685 in Duke of Buckingham's Wks. (1705) II. 48 She..slew a Barn-door Fowl with her own Hands.

1783 ‘P. Pindar’ More Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians i. 4 Plump as barn-door chicken.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 102 Our barn-door chuckies.

b. As large as, or resembling, a barn door; often in humorous application (cf. sense 1 above). Also in combinations.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective]

unlittleeOE

mickleeOE

greateOE

mucha1154

mainc1275

boldc1300

fadec1330

largec1392

tallc1430

big1444

masterfula1450

grand1452

largy1558

fine1590

bonnya1600

large-sized1628

roomly1682

lumping?1706

maun1743

strapping1827

barn door1829

serious1843

jumboesque1893

jumbo1897

economy-sized1930

L1942

jumbo-size1949

economy size1950

1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 856 Such is the birthright of Britons—to open their mouths barn-door wide... The aforesaid barn-door-wide mouths.

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxvi. 256 Skirts were trodden on..and there was more than one ‘barn-door’ rent.

1868 C. Box Theory & Pract. Cricket 91 The Gentlemen's wickets were 27 in. by 8; the Players 36 in. by 12 in. This was called the Barn-Door Match.

1898 G. Giffen With Bat & Ball v. 64 It was almost painful to watch a giant of six feet and a half playing the barndoor game.

1932 E. Blunden Face of Eng. 76 He met each ball with a barn-door bat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	barn door
释义	barn doorn. Etymology: < barn n. 1. The large door of a barn. (Applied humorously to a target too large to be easily missed, and, in Cricket, to a player that blocks every ball.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > barn > parts of mowstead1531 barn door?1544 driveway1834 barn-loft1837 barn chamber1838 picking-hole1847 ?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. D.iii^v Bendynge hys browes as brode as barne durres. 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 32 While the Cock..to the stack, or the Barn dore, Stoutly struts his Dames before. 1679 ‘T. Ticklefoot’ Some Observ. Tryals Wakeman 9 My Old Master Clodpate would have been hanged before he would have missed such a Barn-dore. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline i. ii. 50 Heavily closed, with a jarring sound, the valves of the barn-doors. 2. transferred. A door-like shutter in front of a lamp used for photographic purposes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > parts and accessories of camera > [noun] > shutter Venetian shutter1844 obturator1853 shutter1862 roller blind1882 leaf shutter1892 time shutter1893 between-lens shutter1909 barn door1942 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang 600 Barn door, a doorlike attachment on a lens to control the light. 1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 79/1 Barn-doors, adjustable flaps fitted to the front of a lighting unit, in order to control the spread of the light beam. 1960 O. Skilbeck ABC of Film & TV Working Terms 16 Barn door, a variable mask designed to be used in front of studio lamps..and consisting of ‘doors’ opening longitudinally and/or vertically. 3. attributive. a. Reared at the barn door. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [adjective] > reared at barn-door barn doorc1685 c1685 in Duke of Buckingham's Wks. (1705) II. 48 She..slew a Barn-door Fowl with her own Hands. 1783 ‘P. Pindar’ More Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians i. 4 Plump as barn-door chicken. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 102 Our barn-door chuckies. b. As large as, or resembling, a barn door; often in humorous application (cf. sense 1 above). Also in combinations. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] unlittleeOE mickleeOE greateOE mucha1154 mainc1275 boldc1300 fadec1330 largec1392 tallc1430 big1444 masterfula1450 grand1452 largy1558 fine1590 bonnya1600 large-sized1628 roomly1682 lumping?1706 maun1743 strapping1827 barn door1829 serious1843 jumboesque1893 jumbo1897 economy-sized1930 L1942 jumbo-size1949 economy size1950 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 856 Such is the birthright of Britons—to open their mouths barn-door wide... The aforesaid barn-door-wide mouths. 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxvi. 256 Skirts were trodden on..and there was more than one ‘barn-door’ rent. 1868 C. Box Theory & Pract. Cricket 91 The Gentlemen's wickets were 27 in. by 8; the Players 36 in. by 12 in. This was called the Barn-Door Match. 1898 G. Giffen With Bat & Ball v. 64 It was almost painful to watch a giant of six feet and a half playing the barndoor game. 1932 E. Blunden Face of Eng. 76 He met each ball with a barn-door bat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.?1544
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