"Charlie bar" meaning in English

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      "form": "Charlie bars",
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      "expansion": "Charlie bar (plural Charlie bars)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Film",
          "orig": "en:Film",
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          "name": "Television",
          "orig": "en:Television",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Blain Brown, Motion Picture and Video Lighting, page 56",
          "text": "Adding texture to lights. Charlie bars (vertical bars, in this case made from tape on an open frame) and also some lace create texture in the scene.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Blain Brown, Cinematography: Theory and Practice, page 115",
          "text": "[…] traditionally these include things such as vertical Charlie bars — vertical wooden bars used to create shadows.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Michael Uva, Sabrina Uva, Uva's Rigging Guide for Studio and Location, page 260",
          "text": "Charlie bar A 1- to 6-inch wide by 3-foot long strip of wood with an attached pin used to create shadows on an object (thin long flags, gobos).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A vertical bar positioned in groups to break up the illumination from a light source."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        [
          "television",
          "television"
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          "light source",
          "light source"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(film, television) A vertical bar positioned in groups to break up the illumination from a light source."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Charlie bar"
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    {
      "form": "Charlie bars",
      "tags": [
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Film",
        "en:Television"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Blain Brown, Motion Picture and Video Lighting, page 56",
          "text": "Adding texture to lights. Charlie bars (vertical bars, in this case made from tape on an open frame) and also some lace create texture in the scene.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Blain Brown, Cinematography: Theory and Practice, page 115",
          "text": "[…] traditionally these include things such as vertical Charlie bars — vertical wooden bars used to create shadows.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Michael Uva, Sabrina Uva, Uva's Rigging Guide for Studio and Location, page 260",
          "text": "Charlie bar A 1- to 6-inch wide by 3-foot long strip of wood with an attached pin used to create shadows on an object (thin long flags, gobos).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A vertical bar positioned in groups to break up the illumination from a light source."
      ],
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          "television",
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        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(film, television) A vertical bar positioned in groups to break up the illumination from a light source."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "film",
        "media",
        "television"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "Charlie bar"
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