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Noun
/ˈblīndər/,
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blinders, plural;
  1. A pair of small leather screens attached to a horse's bridle to prevent it seeing sideways and behind

  2. Something that prevents someone from gaining a full understanding of a situation
    • - they will wear their cultural blinders to the grave
  1. winker: blind consisting of a leather eyepatch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
  2. Blinders, also known as blinkers or winkers, are a piece of horse tack that restrict the horse's vision to the rear and, in some cases, to the side. They usually are made of leather or plastic cups that are placed on either side of the eyes, either attached to a bridle or to an independent hood. ...
  3. (Blindest) Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.
  4. Something that blinds; a bag or cloth put over the head of a difficult horse while it is being handled or mounted; A screen attached to a horse's bridle preventing it from being able to see things to its side; An exceptional performance; comparative form of blind: more blind
  5. (blindest) Superlative form of blind
  6. (blindering) the process by which one unconsciously adds restrictions that limit one's perceptual capabilities.
  7. (Blinders) Small pieces of leather that are attached to the bridle to disable a horse from seeing behind themselves without getting close to the eyes or limiting other vision
  8. (BLINDERS) Lamps arranged around the stage directed into the auditorium, originally to prevent spectators seeing the stage during scene changes when the house tabs were not lowered. Now used for effect in rock concerts etc.
  9. (Blinders) These are devices that some shooters wear on the side of their glasses to keep the wind out of their eyes and also to prevent them from seeing any movement out of the side of their eye.
  10. (Blinders) lights pointed directly at the audience to hide something happening onstage i.e. a scene change.
  11. (blinders) A device attached to a harness to limit a horse's field of vision; also called “blinkers.”
  12. Audience blinders - high intensity flood lights mounted to focus on the audience. Turned on to create an impact on the audience and perhaps cover a scene change.
  13. four or eight 650W lamps in a square or rectangular arrangement, used to produce bright washes or dazzle the audience (hence the name).