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Answer for the clue "'Don't close the -- after the horse is gone' ", 8 letters:
barndoor

Alternative clues for the word barndoor

Word definitions for barndoor in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
barndoor \barndoor\ n. An opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The large door of a barn

Usage examples of barndoor.

He'll get a good day's sport--no barndoor birds" (for he encouraged his pheasants to remain lean, that they might fly the better), "but don't let him expect one of these battues--sheer butchery, I call them.

The barndoor cock, when we left him on board the steamer going to New York, had not yet learned the nature of his own requirements.