blinder
pronunciation
How to pronounce blinder in British English:
UK [ˈblaɪndə(r)]
How to pronounce blinder in American English:
US [ˈblaɪndɚ]
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- Noun:
- blind consisting of a leather eye-patch sewn to the side of the halter that prevents a horse from seeing something on either side
Word Origin
- blinder (n.)
- 1580s, agent noun from blind (v.). Especially of blinkers for horses from c. 1800, often figurative. Related: Blinders.
Example
- 1. Chewing gum and other impulse buys are facing the same " mobile blinder " .
- 2. Mr blinder , who started talking poetry , has therefore wound up talking prose .
- 3. So we become blinder , and the crises augment .
- 4. Mr blinder is one of the authors of another popular undergraduate textbook , which he is now revising .
- 5. Reich , sperling , blinder , begala , and stephanopoulos all agreed with her .