blinder

[ blahyn-der ]

/ ˈblaɪn dər /

noun

a person or thing that blinds.

a blinker for a horse.

British Informal. a spectacular shot or action in sports, especially soccer: He played a blinder.

Nearby words

blind trust, blind-emboss, blind-stamp, blindage, blindcat, blinder, blinders, blindfish, blindfold, blindfolded, blindheim

Origin of blinder

First recorded in 1580–90; blind + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for blinders

Up and down the plane I heard the slap of blinders yanked down over the windows while the rest of us eagerly took in the view.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I told Eric how Rick Robinson had peeled the blinders from my eyes.
Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists|P. J. O’Rourke|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Better to put on blinders, they say, and focus on home and family.
Why Voters Are So Totally Checked Out|Eleanor Clift|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Thankfully Race quickly sets the record straight and takes the blinders off of all of us.
White Guilt on Broadway|Elizabeth Gates|December 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST

They are blinders that confine the eyes of mind to the road ahead.
Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey
Blinders are almost as bad as check-reins for horses and ponies.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony|Laura Lee Hope
A city ordinance compels traffic policemen to wear smoked glasses, and car conductors and chauffeurs, blinders.
The Californiacs|Inez Haynes Irwin
He was also regarded as stubborn when no reply at all was forthcoming, as in the tests with the blinders.
Clever Hans|Oskar Pfungst
That inner vision, however, if it was anything at all was not in blinders, seeing only one section of the life of the world.
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British Dictionary definitions for blinders (1 of 2)

blinders

/ (ˈblaɪndəz) /

pl n

US and Canadian leather sidepieces attached to a horse's bridle to prevent sideways visionAlso called (in Britain and other countries): blinkers

British Dictionary definitions for blinders (2 of 2)

blinder

/ (ˈblaɪndə) /

noun

an outstanding performance in sport

British slang another name for blind (def. 30)

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