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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.
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
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 ..."