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Binoculars   /bənˈɑkjələrz/   Listen
Binoculars

noun
1.
An optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes.  Synonyms: field glasses, opera glasses.






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"Binoculars" Quotes from Famous Books



... simultaneously, or in a span of seconds strangely scant. The gunners sprang to station, whipping away the tarpaulin, while their lieutenant focussed binoculars upon the confused distances of the night. Obedient to his instructions, the long, gleaming tube of steel pivoted ...
— The False Faces • Vance, Louis Joseph

... come up; two Somebodies with overcoats and canes. Another is dressed in a sporting suit, adorned with a plush hat and binoculars. Pale blue tunics, with shining belts of fawn color or patent leather, ...
— Under Fire - The Story of a Squad • Henri Barbusse

... tell you that, as I swung out of the mouth of Slave River at the head of the canoe brigade, I saw a fast canoe slipping stealthily along the shore to the eastward. In that canoe, with the aid of my binoculars, I made out two men whom I have long suspected of being engaged in the nefarious and hellish business of peddling whiskey among the Indians. I knew it was useless to try to overtake them with my heavily loaded canoe, and so upon my arrival at the school, as soon as we had concluded the ...
— The Gun-Brand • James B. Hendryx



Words linked to "Binoculars" :   field glasses, eyepiece, optical instrument, plural, plural form, ocular



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