Definition of Blinder

1. Noun. Blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side.

Exact synonyms: Blinker, Winker
Generic synonyms: Blind, Screen
Derivative terms: Blind, Blinker

Definition of Blinder

1. n. One who, or that which, blinds.

Definition of Blinder

1. Adjective. (comparative of blind) ¹

2. Noun. Something that blinds ¹

3. Noun. a bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted ¹

4. Noun. A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side. ¹

5. Noun. (British slang) An exceptional performance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blinder

1. an obstruction to sight [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blinder

blind stitches
blind stitching
blind study
blind test
blind thrust fault
blind tiger
blind tigers
blind tooling
blind trust
blindable
blindage
blindages
blinde
blinded
blinded study
blinder (current term)
blinders
blindest
blindeth
blindfish
blindfishes
blindfold
blindfolded
blindfoldedness
blindfolding
blindfoldings
blindfolds
blindgut
blindguts
blinding

Literary usage of Blinder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"... Economics Becomes a Science Or Does It?l ALAN S. blinder Professor of Economics, Princeton University BEGIN BY begging your indulgence. ..."

2. Religio Medici: Together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His by Thomas Browne, Henry Gardiner (1845)
"The Romans that erected a temple to Fortune, acknowledged therein, though in a blinder way, ... blinder ..."

3. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"... Economics Becomes a Science Or Does It?l ALAN S. blinder Professor of Economics, Princeton University BEGIN BY begging your indulgence. ..."

4. Religio Medici: Together with a Letter to a Friend on the Death of His by Thomas Browne, Henry Gardiner (1845)
"The Romans that erected a temple to Fortune, acknowledged therein, though in a blinder way, ... blinder ..."

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