blinder
/ˈblaɪndə/ · adjective
Meaning
- (of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- (of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
- Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.
- Of a place, having little or no visibility.
- Closed at one end; having a dead end
- Having no openings for light or passage.
- Something that blinds.
- A bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted.
- A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side.
- An exceptional performance.
- A bout of heavy drinking, a bender.
- To fit (a horse) with blinders.
- (by extension) To obstruct the vision of.
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