blinder

/B L AY1 N D ER0/
adjective
  1. 1

    (of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

  2. 2

    (of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

  3. 3

    Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.

    โ€œAuthors are blind to their own defects.โ€

  4. 4

    Of a place, having little or no visibility.

    โ€œa blind cornerโ€

  5. 5

    Closed at one end; having a dead end

    โ€œa blind gutโ€

  6. 6

    Having no openings for light or passage.

    โ€œa blind alleyโ€

  7. 7

    (in certain phrases) Smallest or slightest.

    โ€œI shouted, but he didn't take a blind bit of notice.โ€

  8. 8

    Without any prior knowledge.

    โ€œHe took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.โ€

  9. 9

    Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.

    โ€œblind deferenceโ€

  10. 10

    Unintelligible or illegible.

    โ€œa blind passage in a book; blind writingโ€

  11. 11

    Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.

    โ€œblind budsโ€

noun
  1. 1

    Something that blinds.

  2. 2

    A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.

  3. 3

    A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.

  4. 4

    An exceptional performance.

    โ€œHe played a blinder this afternoon on the cricket ground.โ€

  5. 5

    A bout of heavy drinking, a bender.

verb
  1. 1

    To fit (a horse) with blinders.

  2. 2

    (by extension) To obstruct the vision of.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blind, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blinder