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Vizor

noun
1.
A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face.  Synonym: visor.
2.
A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes.  Synonyms: bill, eyeshade, peak, visor.






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"Vizor" Quotes from Famous Books



... my heart? Ever your eyes were as a lizard's quick, They glitter like your mother's for my soul, Or ye would heighten my impoverished frieze, Piece out its starved design, and fill my vase With grapes, and add a vizor and a Term, And to the tripod ye would tie a lynx That in his struggle throws the thyrsus down, 110 To comfort me on my entablature Whereon I am to lie till I must ask "Do I live, am I dead?" There, leave me, there! For ye have stabbed me with ingratitude To death—ye wish it—God, ...
— Men and Women • Robert Browning

... covered his chin. His cheeks, however, were shaven, Olive color velveteen trousers, a blue blouse, bronzed by the forge smoke, a black cravat, tied carelessly round his muscular neck, a cloth cap with a narrow vizor, composed his dress. The only thing which contrasted singularly with his working habiliments was a handsome purple flower, with silvery pistils, which ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue

... mounted on fiery steeds, were engaged in single combat; and they fought furiously, and I thought they were fighting for me. One of the knights wore black plumes in his helmet, and the other white; and, as he was passing by me, the vizor of the knight of the white plumes was raised, and ...
— Tales and Novels, Vol. III - Belinda • Maria Edgeworth



Words linked to "Vizor" :   visor, eyeshade, plate armor, helmet, jockey cap, armour plate, brim, plate armour, golf cap, yachting cap, service cap, kepi, peak, baseball cap, peaked cap, armor plate, armor plating, bill



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