Definition of snow-blind in US English:
snow-blind
adjectiveˈsnōˌblīndˈsnoʊˌblaɪnd
Temporarily blinded by the glare of light reflected by a large expanse of snow.
Example sentencesExamples
- The next day the doctor is said to have been so completely snow blind that he entered Chamonix hanging on to the strap of his guide's knapsack.
- The leader, an American man, was stuck on the South Col, snow-blind with a dead radio.
- At 28,126 feet, exhausted from the delicate, perilous climbing and realizing that he was going snow-blind, Norton turned back.
- By morning three of the eight were completely snow-blind and all but two were in extreme pain.