blinkers
/ (ˈblɪŋkəz) /
(sometimes singular) mainly British leather sidepieces attached to a horse's bridle to prevent sideways vision: Usual US and Canadian word: blinders
a slang word for goggle (def. 4)
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How to use blinkers in a sentence
The central theme of my book is that a group of people had ideological blinkers.
Overhead the yardarm blinkers were signaling, and directly over Sara Lee's head a great white searchlight swept the water ahead.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartImmediately over Lord Wharncliffe's head was suspended a pair of horse's blinkers.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldHe wished that some accident could have hemmed in his eyes between inexorable blinkers, and sped him on in a channel ever so worn.
A Laodicean | Thomas HardyDo you know, my dear father refused a peerage because he felt it meant putting blinkers on his best newspaper.
Three Plays by Granville-Barker | Harley Granville-Barker
A man intent on action is like a horse in blinkers, he goes straight forward, seeing only the road ahead.
Ancient Art and Ritual | Jane Ellen Harrison
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