blinkers
Speech parts
1. blinkers - Noun
2. blinkers - Verb
Meaning
blinkers
plural of blinker
A pair of leather or rubber eye cups attached to a horse hood in order to impede the rear vision of racehorses and harness horses; blinders in (USA).
(plural only) A kind of goggles, used to protect the eyes from glare, dust, etc.
(plural only, slang) Spectacles.
blinkers
third-person singular simple present indicative of blinker
Synonyms
Examples
Acting Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said the Chancellor 'must take the blinkers off' and listen to industry.
After queuing for about a half hour, you get to the door where a fellow wearing plastic blinkers checks your temperature and directs you to proceed six feet further on to the desk where you get a sticker that reads “screened.”
Resuming four-year-old Randwick gelding looks ready to fire off two forward trials, with the blinkers coming off, and drawn to get a lovely on-speed trail at nice odds.
Fitter and blinkers come off, but has a tough draw to overcome.
I think I made a mistake racing her in blinkers and she has improved lengths since we took them off," Gollan said.
We’ve waited an agonisingly-long time to see Scotland at a major tournament but we can’t afford to put the blinkers on going into Euro 2020 next summer.