blindern.

Brit.

/ˈblʌɪndə/, U.S.

/ˈblaɪndər/

Etymology: < blind v. + -er suffix¹.

a. He who or that which blinds. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > cause

scalec1384

blinder1587

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ii. 22 The same Sunne is the lightner of our eyes..and..the blinder of them.

1829 T. Carlyle Jrnl. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. iv. 75 To the bodily eye Self is as a perpetual blinder.

b. Something ‘dazzlingly’ good or difficult, esp. an excellent piece of play in Rugby Football or Cricket. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent action

bobby-dazzling1915

blinder1950

1950 W. Hammond Cricketers' School iii. 35 Striking out at an innocent-looking ball, I've sent a blinder—dead into the fieldsman's hands.

1960 D. Storey This Sporting Life i. ii. 17 You played a blinder... It was the best game I ever saw.

1963 Times 16 Feb. 3/3 They dropped one easy catch and caught three blinders.

2. A blinker for a horse. Also figurative, an obstacle to clear judgement or perception. Usually plural. (Chiefly in U.S.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > blinkers

winkers1583

eye-flap1611

spectacle1632

lunettea1656

headboard1679

blinkers1732

bluff1777

blinder1807

bumblea1825

blind1828

blind-winkers1831

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [noun] > obstacle to perception

blinder1934

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [noun] > obstacle to perception

blinder1934

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad x. 372 Shake off their manacles, their blinders cast.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 92 In common, the horse works best with blinders.

1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara ii. 39 The blinders, worn for show and not for use, as none of them reached forward as far as the horse's eyes.

1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1965 ‘Malcolm X’ Autobiogr. (1968) xii. 308 He had returned to his work in 1946, to remove the blinders from the eyes of the black man in the wilderness of North America.

1971 A. Hailey Wheels xx. 296 Cars turn us on. But it doesn't mean that any one of us is headed for Detroit wearing blinders.

1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. j4/4 We can't go through life with blinders on.

1986 Jrnl. (Fairfax County, Va.) 27 May a7 The bill will remove the blinders which we have had on for too long.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	blinder
释义	blindern. Brit. /ˈblʌɪndə/, U.S. /ˈblaɪndər/ Etymology: < blind v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. He who or that which blinds. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > cause scalec1384 blinder1587 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ii. 22 The same Sunne is the lightner of our eyes..and..the blinder of them. 1829 T. Carlyle Jrnl. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. iv. 75 To the bodily eye Self is as a perpetual blinder. b. Something ‘dazzlingly’ good or difficult, esp. an excellent piece of play in Rugby Football or Cricket. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent action bobby-dazzling1915 blinder1950 1950 W. Hammond Cricketers' School iii. 35 Striking out at an innocent-looking ball, I've sent a blinder—dead into the fieldsman's hands. 1960 D. Storey This Sporting Life i. ii. 17 You played a blinder... It was the best game I ever saw. 1963 Times 16 Feb. 3/3 They dropped one easy catch and caught three blinders. 2. A blinker for a horse. Also figurative, an obstacle to clear judgement or perception. Usually plural. (Chiefly in U.S.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > blinkers winkers1583 eye-flap1611 spectacle1632 lunettea1656 headboard1679 blinkers1732 bluff1777 blinder1807 bumblea1825 blind1828 blind-winkers1831 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [noun] > obstacle to perception blinder1934 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [noun] > obstacle to perception blinder1934 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad x. 372 Shake off their manacles, their blinders cast. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 92 In common, the horse works best with blinders. 1860 H. B. Tristram Great Sahara ii. 39 The blinders, worn for show and not for use, as none of them reached forward as far as the horse's eyes. 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1965 ‘Malcolm X’ Autobiogr. (1968) xii. 308 He had returned to his work in 1946, to remove the blinders from the eyes of the black man in the wilderness of North America. 1971 A. Hailey Wheels xx. 296 Cars turn us on. But it doesn't mean that any one of us is headed for Detroit wearing blinders. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. j4/4 We can't go through life with blinders on. 1986 Jrnl. (Fairfax County, Va.) 27 May a7 The bill will remove the blinders which we have had on for too long. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1587
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