Instrumental and parasynthetic, as steel-born, steel-bound, steel-clad, steel-girt, steel-graven, steel-lined, steel-shod; steel-barred, steel-bosomed…

Of spectacles: containing lenses of relatively low magnifying power. Obsolete.

Of spectacles, a monocle, etc.: designed to correct short sight.

(See quot. 1826) Obsolete.

(of spectacles) having steel frames.

Designating bifocal spectacles or (occasionally) reading glasses with the top part of the lenses removed. Now historical and rare.

Usually hyphenated. Designating a pair of spectacles with pieces of normal glass in place of lenses, for wearing, e.g., as part of a costume or as a…

Having two foci; spec. designating spectacles with two segments of different focal lengths.

denoting spectacles having rims made of horn.

Made with or having the appearance of pebble lenses; (of a lens) thick, convex. Also figurative.

(of spectacles) of which each lens is a single optical element; not bifocal, etc.

(a) n. (in plural) wire-framed spectacles; (b) adj.(of spectacles) having wire frames (cf. wire-frame, adj. 1).

Of an object (esp. a pair of spectacles): consisting of or having a frame made of wire.

attributive. Designating a pair of metal-framed spectacles or sunglasses with small, round lenses, of a type worn and popularized by John Lennon; =…