Visor
['vaɪzə] or ['vaɪzɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face.
Edited by Della--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
(n.) A mask used to disfigure or disguise.
(n.) The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
Edited by Ben
Definition
n. a part of a helmet covering the face movable and perforated to see through (see Armour): a mask.—adj. Vis′ored wearing a visor: masked.
Editor: Megan
Examples
- By my faith, said the Knight, closing his visor, I think thou be'st in the right on't. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He was taller than I and his face was very thin under the shadow of his cap-visor and the scar was new and shiny. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Black Knight's eyes seemed to flash fire even through the aperture of his visor. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Tis not Charley, said the Turkish Knight from within his visor. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And he arrests Malvoisin, said the King, raising his visor, by the order of Richard Plantagenet, here present. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Fair and true he hit the Norman on the visor, where his lance's point kept hold of the bars. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But Ivanhoe was already at his post, and had closed his visor, and assumed his lance. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And they are prisoners to green cassocks, and black visors. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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