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Blinder
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- 1 comparative form of blind: more blind comparative, form-of
"Ye who arrogate to yourselves that ye see more, or at least are not so blind as others; in your unbelieving conduct, allow me to say, ye are blinder than others; ye are even blinder than the most ignorant and illiterate."
- 1 Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.
- 2 blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side wordnet
- 3 Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side. often, plural, plural-only
"From both sides of his head a blackness swiftly grew like blinders on a horse and darkly narrowed his field of vision."
- 4 Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; Something that impairs visual or mental perception in a way figuratively compared to horses' blinders.
"Orientalism itself, furthermore, was an exclusively male province; like so many professional guilds during the modern period, it viewed itself and its subject matter with sexist blinders."
- 5 Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; An exceptional performance. British, slang
"He played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground."
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- 6 Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; A bout of heavy drinking. slang
"If a man goes out on a blinder, he might be charged with being drunk and incapable and therefore have a criminal record, although he is an honourable man."
- 7 Something that blinds, literally or figuratively.; A bright light used to blind the audience temporarily during a scene change.
"When the 'blinders' are switched off, and the audience's eyes given time to re-adjust, the new scene is in place […]"
- 1 To fit (a horse) with blinders. transitive
- 2 To obstruct the vision of. broadly, figuratively, transitive
"[…] We climb in hopes / Of such seeing up the leaf-shuttered escarpments, / Blindered by green, under a green-grained sky"
Etymology
From blind + -er.
From blind + -er.
From blind + -er.
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