Blinder

//ˈblaɪndə// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Noun
  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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  1. 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."

  2. 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 […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To fit (a horse) with blinders. transitive
  2. 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

Etymology 1

From blind + -er.

Etymology 2

From blind + -er.

Etymology 3

From blind + -er.

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