blinkers

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noun
  1. 1

    Anything that blinks, such as the turn signal of an automobile.

  2. 2

    Eye shields attached to a hood for horses, to prevent them from seeing backwards and partially sideways.

  3. 3

    Whatever obstructs sight or discernment.

  4. 4

    The eyelid.

  5. 5

    A black eye.

  6. 6

    In Conway's Game of Life, an arrangement of three cells in a row that switches between horizontal and vertical orientations in each generation.

verb
  1. 1

    To put blinkers on.

    “The farmer stopped to blinker his horse before riding into an area of heavy traffic.”

noun
  1. 1

    A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses; blinders in (USA).

  2. 2

    A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.

  3. 3

    Spectacles.

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