eyeglass
nounUS /ˈaɪˌɡlæs/
Etymology From eye + glass.
1
An artificial lens, especially one of a pair.
2
A monocle.
3
An eyepiece.
4
Obsolete The lens of the eye.
- Ha' not you seen, Camillo? / (But that's past doubt; you have, or your eye-glass / Is thicker than a cuckold's horn)c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
5
Attributive form of eyeglasses.
- an eyeglass repair kit
- Derived terms
- eyeglassed