blinders

/ ˈblaɪndəz /

plural noun

1. leather sidepieces attached to a horse's bridle to prevent sideways vision Also called (in Britain and other countries)blinkers

Example Sentences

It’s that the universe has something completely different planned for you that you weren’t even open to because you had your blinders on this narrow road.

From Los Angeles Times

I put my blinders on and just tried to get through it on that level.

From Salon

When his mother was around eight or nine, she worked for bookmakers - who were called peaky blinders - when betting was illegal.

From BBC

It's easy to just look at what's happening on the field of play through — just sort of with blinders on, just seeing that one experience in isolation.

From Salon

Now that I'm actually treating it and taking care of it, I'm still the same me that I am, that I was before it, but I just feel like a horse with blinders.

From Salon

Related Words

• narrow-mindedness