field glass

American  

[feeld glas] / ˈfild ˌglæs /

noun

1. Usually field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.

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field glass British  

noun

1. a small telescope often incorporating a prism and held in one hand

2. a former name for field glasses

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Etymology

Origin of field glass

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

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field glass

But they are drilled solidly in such elementary stuff as rolling a pack, using field glass and compass, managing fire distribution and control.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the long war, Billy Lee usually carried the general’s field glass, or telescope, and “most precious letters,” perhaps those from his wife, Martha, most of which she later destroyed.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Case took a field glass and looked up the stream.

From The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel by Harry Gordon

Fred had a camera and Jerry a field glass.

From The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land by Gordon Stuart

I went to the window, but on my way there picked up the paper she had offered for my signature and which she had dropped as she picked up the field glass.

From The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian by Ellison Harding

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