night-glass
night-glass is the alternative spelling of night glass.
Meaning of night glass
Noun
night glass (plural night glasses)
- A spyglass or binoculars with large diameter lenses, used to see objects better in the dark.
- Away beyond the ship he could see the roof of Beau Desert among the trees, but the jetty and the ship and the cliff path were still in deep shadow. Bond wondered if night-glasses would be able to pick them out. And if they could, what Strangways would be thinking.1954, Ian Fleming, “Terror By The Sea”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 234
Forms of night-glass
| plural | night-glasses |
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Questions about night-glass
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- Night-glass is the alternative spelling of night glass.
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