Word.ws English Dictionary

visour

visour is the obsolete spelling of visor.

Meaning of visor

Noun

visor (plural visors)

  1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
    • A close helmet entirely covers the head, face, and neck, having on the front perforations for the admission of air, and slits through which the wearer may see objects around him, this part which is stiled the visor lifts up by means of a pivot over each ear.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 7
  2. A mask for the face.
    • No visor does become black villainy
      So well as soft and tender flattery.1608, William Shakspeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, act IV, scene IV, line 44
  3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
  4. A rigid adjustable flap on an automobile windshield that can shield the eyes of a driver from direct sunlight or glare.

See all 5 meanings of visor

Forms of visour

pluralvisours

Questions about visour

What is visour the obsolete spelling of?
Visour is the obsolete spelling of visor.

Words near visour in the dictionary

  1. visored
  2. visoring
  3. visorless
  4. visorlike
  5. visors
  6. visour
  7. visours
  8. Visp
  9. Visperad
  10. Vispered
  11. viss

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: visour (page history and authors); visor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “visour.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/visour. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.