Monocle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monocle \Mon"o*cle\, n. [F. See {Monocular}.]
     An eyeglass for one eye. --Simmonds.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Eyeglass \Eye"glass`\, n.
     1. A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision;
        -- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of
        lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the
        bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single
        eyeglass in a frame is called a {monocle}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The retina. [Poetic]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A glass eyecup. See {Eyecup}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monocle
       n : lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in
           place by facial muscles [syn: {eyeglass}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "monocle":
     Polaroid glasses, bifocals, blinkers, cheaters, colored glasses,
     contact lens, dark glasses, divided spectacles, eyeglass,
     eyeglasses, glasses, goggles, granny glasses, harlequin glasses,
     horn-rimmed glasses, lorgnette, lorgnon, mini-specs, nippers,
     pair of glasses, peepers, quizzing glass, readers, reading glasses,
     shades, specs, spectacles, sun-specs, sunglasses, trifocals