field glass

[ feeld glas ]

noun

1. Usually field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.

field glass

noun

1. a small telescope often incorporating a prism and held in one hand
2. a former name for field glasses

Word History and Origins

Origin of field glass¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Gwynne fetched Isabel's field-glass and studied the scene below, picking out the more disastrous work of the earthquake.

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Some minutes after he ran back, bringing an excellent field-glass that had served him in many a voyage.

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With his field-glass, Thurstane examined one after another of the mesas and buttes which diversified this enormous depression.

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With his field-glass he could distinguish every action of the tragedy which was being enacted on the plain.

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Thurstane swept his field-glass around once more, searching for some outlet besides the horrible cañon, and searching in vain.

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