blinkers








noun

  1. a device for flashing light signals.
  2. a light that flashes intermittently, especially one that serves as a traffic signal.
  3. either of two leather flaps on a bridle, to prevent a horse from seeing sideways; a blinder.

verb (used with object)

  1. to put blinkers on.

pl n

  1. (sometimes singular) mainly British leather sidepieces attached to a horse’s bridle to prevent sideways visionUsual US and Canadian word: blinders
  2. a slang word for goggle (def. 4)

noun

  1. a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
  2. (often plural) a slang word for eye 1

verb (tr)

  1. to provide (a horse) with blinkers
  2. to obscure with or as if with blinkers
n.

1630s, “one who blinks,” agent noun from blink (v.). As a type of horse eye screen to keep the animal looking straight ahead, from 1789. Slang meaning “the eye” is from 1816. Meaning “intermittent flashing light” is from 1923.

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