MONOCLE


Meaning of MONOCLE in English

/ ˈmɒnəkl; NAmE ˈmɑːn-/ noun

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 clearly

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: from French (earlier in the sense one-eyed), from late Latin monoculus one-eyed.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.