monocle
noun/ˈmɒnəkl/
/ˈmɑːnəkl/
- a single glass lens for one eye, held in place by the muscles around the eye and used by people in the past to help them see clearlyWord Originmid 19th cent.: from French (earlier in the sense ‘one-eyed’), from late Latin monoculus ‘one-eyed’.
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