irised

Then he walked over to his immersion bay, and the door irised open.

As I approached it, the hatch irised open with a hiss, and a soft blue light winked on inside.

When I climbed inside the capsule, the platform retracted and the hatch irised shut at my feet.

The hab-unit door irised open at my feet.

When all is said, however, it may be that the “halo irised around” Balaustion’s head was due, more than to any one else, to the influence of the memory of Mrs. Browning, of whom she is made to say with a sublime disregard of its anachronism: “I know the poetess who graved in gold, Among her glories that shall never fade, This style and title for Euripides, The Human with his droppings of warm tears.”