blinkers en · NOUN
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(plural, plural-only) 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.
‘Here, young’un! Get a hold of those blinkers, shove that collar on, and bring me the harness over there.’
1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 16:
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(form-of, plural) plural of blinker
form of blinker
- (plural, plural-only) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.
- (plural, plural-only, slang) Spectacles.
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fr œillères (horse's eye shields) · mk капаци (horse's eye shields) · el παρωπίδες (horse's eye shields) · cy ffrwyn ddall (horse's eye shields) · es orejeras (horse's eye shields) · es anteojeras (horse's eye shields) · ru шо́ры (horse's eye shields) · no skylapper (horse's eye shields) · es tapaojos (horse's eye shields) · sv skygglappar (horse's eye shields) · pl szory (horse's eye shields) · cy ffrwyn dywyll (horse's eye shields)