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Definition of Horn-rimmed
1. Adjective. Having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either. "Horn-rimmed glasses"
Definition of Horn-rimmed
1. Adjective. Referring to a style of eyeglasses with frames made from horn or tortoise shell or a material that resembles such. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horn-rimmed
Literary usage of Horn-rimmed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica by Edward Lear (1870)
"Once upon a time three poor students, all very near-sighted, and each possessing
a single pair of horn-rimmed spectacles, set out to walk to a remote ..."
2. Beatrice by H. Rider Haggard (2001)
"Mrs. Thomas took it, and having examined it carefully through her horn-rimmed
spectacles, was constrained to admit its authenticity. "I'm sure I apologise, ..."
3. English Songs: And Other Small Poems by Barry Cornwall (1851)
"... horn, Rimmed, with sunlight, like the morn ! Deep, and vast, and fit to drown
All the troubles of a crown ; Deep, and vast, and crowned with mead, ..."
4. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1920)
"He and the chief engineer had been cronies for a good few years—serving the same
jovial, crafty, old Chinaman, with horn-rimmed goggles and strings of red ..."
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