noun
Etymology: Middle English myndes ye, from mindes, mindes (gen. of minde, mynde mind, memory) + ye, eie, eye eye
: the faculty held capable of seeing a mental vision consisting of an imaginary or recollected sight as opposed to one actually seen at the time
in my mind's eye I could still see the fields covered with tanks, guns, and tents — G.S.Patton
a hundred times, in his mind's eye, his car stopped at their little gate — D.D.Lloyd