Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - blindfold
Blindfold
blindfold
v., n., adj., & adv. --v.tr. 1 deprive (a person) of sight by covering the eyes, esp. with a tied cloth. 2 deprive of understanding; hoodwink. --n. 1 a bandage or cloth used to blindfold. 2 any obstruction to understanding. --adj. & adv. 1 with eyes bandaged. 2 without care or circumspection (went into it blindfold). 3 Chess without sight of board and men. Etymology: replacing (by assoc. with FOLD(1)) ME blindfellen, past part. blindfelled (FELL(1)) strike blind
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I. transitive verb Etymology: alteration of Middle English blindfellen, blindfelden to strike blind, ~, from blind + fellen to fell Date: 1533 to cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage, to hinder from seeing, ~ adjective II. noun Date: 1715 a bandage for covering the eyes, something that obscures mental or physical vision ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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