binocle

¹

[ bin-uh-kuhl ]

noun

binocular (def. 1).

Origin of binocle

¹

1690–1700; <French <Latin bīn(ī) bin- + oculus eye

Words Nearby binocle

Other definitions for binocle (2 of 2)

binocle²

[ bahy-nuhk-uhl ]

noun

a card game of the bezique family that is played by two persons with a 48-card pack, the lowest card of which is nine.

Origin of binocle

²

see origin at pinochle

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How to use binocle in a sentence

Something seems to attract his gaze, for he holds the binocle steadily toward the south.
Trumpeter Fred | Charles King
Picking up a binocle, which lay on the table, he turned to look toward Mt. HoodSublime!
An Oregon Girl | Alfred Ernest Rice
binocle, bin′o-kl, n. a telescope through which an object can be viewed with both eyes at the same time.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) | Various
Here he plants his binocle on his nose, leans back and stares at me.
Happy-Thought Hall | F. C. Burnand

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