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fieldglasses

fieldglasses is the alternative form of field glasses.

Meaning of field glasses

Noun

field glasses pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) binoculars.
    • I pursued her with some thoughts of an explanation, but she flew down the drive, and some minutes afterwards I was able to pick her out with my field-glasses travelling very rapidly in a south-westerly direction.1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about fieldglasses

What is fieldglasses the alternative form of?
Fieldglasses is the alternative form of field glasses.

Words near fieldglasses in the dictionary

  1. fieldfare
  2. fieldfares
  3. fieldfolk
  4. fieldful
  5. fieldfuls
  6. fieldglasses
  7. fieldgun
  8. fieldguns
  9. fieldhand
  10. fieldhands
  11. fieldhouse

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