Specletten.
/spɛkˈlɛt/ A pair of spectacles that folds at the bridge (see quot. 19621).
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1931 Illustr. London News 31 Oct. 707/3 (advt.) Speclettes the delightful and fashionable folding spectacles.
1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing viii. 182 In the ‘Speclette’ the sides are folded in halves on to the lenses and the two halves of the front folded over each other in the plane of the lenses, the one sliding across the other.
1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing viii. 183 (caption) ‘Speclette’ folding spectacles.
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