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blinder
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, agent noun from blind (v.). Especially of blinkers for horses from c.1800, often figurative. Related: Blinders .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Even after the explosive scene with his doctor, Sternburg kept his blinders on. ▪ However, investment without a clear idea of the electronic commerce architecture being built would be akin to driving with blinders on. ▪ I planned ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Blinder or Blinders may refer to: Blinder (surname) Blinders , also known as blinkers, a part of some types of equine bridle that blocks a horse's vision to the side and rear. Blinders (poultry) , a similar device that blocks forward vision for chickens ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. blind consisting of a leather eye-patch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side [syn: winker , blinker ]
Usage examples of blinder.
It was a blinder, but at least, now sober, he could no longer hear the voice of a certain Larry.
They shared few visions nowadays, though - which was why, when Nicholas pulled his blinder routine, Sabrina suffered.
Been blinder than one of those varnished skulls some tough-stomached people use for paper-weights.
The horses wore no blinders and the long white hair around their unshod hooves was flung from side to side by their dancing feet.
Managed the laundering just fine, but she wore a sturdy set of blinders when it came to her sister, Brita.
It was as if Deanna fought in a stupor with blinders and padded gloves.
Die erstere Eigenschaft sei die periodische Wirkung blinder Habgier der Kaufleute.
Twin-engine Blinder bombers could deliver their heavy bombloads after running in low and fast.
Aulus took a deep breath, hoped he had searched out the proper language to pry the blinders off Claudius, and then launched into a lengthy, well-documented warning on the activities of Agrippina and Pallas.
There was something so captivating in his light way of touching these fantastic strings, and he was such a mirthful child by the side of the graver childhood we had seen, that he made my guardian smile even as he turned towards us from a little private talk with Mrs. Blinder.
He usually lumbered up, his legs feeling heavy, his eyes directed down, not even looking side to side, moving like a man wearing blinders, afraid to look, afraid to see and to realize what was going on around him.
Two iguanas rode on its head, their bodies curving down to make blinders for its eyes, their tails curled tight around its antlers.
Whatever blinders I still steered with thereupon fell from me, and I saw the chimera of my life.
For all the time and effort they spent plotting and planning, they were even blinder than the insulated Heart Worlders, for they saw Fringers only as obstacles, not as people, and certainly not as fellow citizens.
Firelight on the trotting horse Fleet Shadow's long skull, empty as Providence, watching it all in blinders.