visor

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face
noun a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

From Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman viser and Old French visiere.

The super- visor control override. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
Thou visor’d, vast, unspeakable show and lesson! — Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
Visors had been almost entirely given up. — Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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