noun
Meaning 1
A style of eyeglasses without earpieces, often attached to a cord or ribbon allowing them to be hung around the neck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural, plural-only
Examples
- 1825, William Henry Pyne (as Ephraim Hardcastle), The Twenty-Ninth of May, London: Knight and Lacey, Volume 1, Chapter 4, p. 105, Old Waller, elbowing his way through the crowd, planted himself right before his shop, putting on his nose-glasses, and measuring the amount of the damage;
- 1885, Vanity Fair, Volume 33, p. 140, “Diary of Rasper, M.P.,” Speaker, nervously twiddling nose-glasses, instinctively stretches out hand for new Procedure Rules, like Old Bailey Judge fumbling for black cap.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pince-nez, pinch-nose glasses
Antonyms: none provided