blinds

Noun

blind (plural blinds)

1. A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
   • It is a piece of wood furnished with two parallel rows of plates, folding over each other, so as to resemble, in some degree, the laths of a blind.1847, editorial staff, “Swimming Skate”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68
2. A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.

   Synonyms:

   rollsign

3. A place where people can hide in order to observe wildlife.
   • a duck blind
4. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge, deception.
5. A blindage.
6. A hiding place.
   • So, when the watchful shepherd, from the blind,
     Wounds with a random shaft the careless hind1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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