noun
- a device for flashing light signals.
- a light that flashes intermittently, especially one that serves as a traffic signal.
- either of two leather flaps on a bridle, to prevent a horse from seeing sideways; a blinder.
verb (used with object)
- to put blinkers on.
pl n
- (sometimes singular) mainly British leather sidepieces attached to a horse’s bridle to prevent sideways visionUsual US and Canadian word: blinders
- a slang word for goggle (def. 4)
noun
- a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
- (often plural) a slang word for eye 1
verb (tr)
- to provide (a horse) with blinkers
- to obscure with or as if with blinkers
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.