- Visor
A visor is a surface that protects the eyes, such as shading them from the sun or other bright light or protecting them from objects. Nowadays many visors are transparent, but before strong transparent substances such as
polycarbonate were invented, visors were opaque like amask with small holes to see and breathe through, such as:
*The part of a helmet in a suit of armor that protects the eyes.
*A type ofhat consisting only of a visor and a way to fasten it to the head.
*Any such vertical surface on any hat or helmet.
*Any such horizontal surface on any hat or helmet (called a "peak" inBritish English ).
*A device in anautomobile that the driver or front passenger can lower over part of thewindshield to block the sun (sun visor ).Some modern devices called visors are similar, for example:
*Visor (ice hockey) Types of modern transparent visors include:
*The transparent or semi-transparent front part of a motorcycle crash helmet or policeriotsquad helmet s.
**Safety faceshields for construction-type applications. [http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/114/1775]
*Aneyeshield to protect the eyes from sunlight on an American football helmet.
*A shield to protect the eyes from sunlight on a flight helmet.
*Green eyeshade s, formerly worn byaccountants and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented occupations.The word vizard (sometimes visard) is used in Shakespearean English to refer to a visor, a
mask , or adisguise (ex. "There, then, that vizard, that superfluous case, that hid the worse and show'd the better face." -- Love's Labors Lost V.ii.387).References
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