VIZOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vizor mean? 

• VIZOR (noun)
  The noun VIZOR has 2 senses:

1. a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face

2. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

  Familiarity information: VIZOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIZOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

visor; vizor

Hypernyms ("vizor" is a kind of...):

armor plate; armor plating; armour plate; plate armor; plate armour (specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire)

Holonyms ("vizor" is a part of...):

helmet (armor plate that protects the head)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bill; eyeshade; peak; visor; vizor

Context example:

he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead

Hypernyms ("vizor" is a kind of...):

brim (a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat)

Holonyms ("vizor" is a part of...):

baseball cap; golf cap; jockey cap (a cap with a bill)

kepi; peaked cap; service cap; yachting cap (a cap with a flat circular top and a visor)

 Context examples 

My master, sire, is under vow to the Virgin neither to reveal his name nor to open his vizor until he is back upon French ground once more.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was a short man of great breadth of shoulder, with vizor closed, and no blazonry upon his simple white surcoat or plain black shield.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lightly armed, with his vizor open and a hawk perched upon his left wrist, he looked about him with the careless air of a man who is bent wholly upon pleasure, and unconscious of the possibility of danger.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By Saint Ives! shouted the French soldier, with a hoarse roar of laughter, it is well that I should ride with my vizor down, for he that has once seen my face does not need to be told my name.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The German, though he reeled for an instant before the thrust of the Englishman, struck his opponent so fairly upon the vizor that the laces burst, the plumed helmet flew to pieces, and Sir Nigel galloped on down the lists with his bald head shimmering in the sunshine.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the final bout, however, Sir Nigel struck his opponent with so true an aim that the point of the lance caught between the bars of his vizor and tore the front of his helmet out, while the German, aiming somewhat low, and half stunned by the shock, had the misfortune to strike his adversary upon the thigh, a breach of the rules of the tilting-yard, by which he not only sacrificed his chances of success, but would also have forfeited his horse and his armor, had the English knight chosen to claim them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By my hilt! mon gar., it is very well when you do but shoot at a shield, but when there is a man behind the shield, and he rides at you with wave of sword and glint of eyes from behind his vizor, you may find him a less easy mark.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But the fatal blow never fell, for even as his arm quivered before descending, the Spaniard gave a shudder, and stiffening himself rolled heavily over upon his side, with the blood gushing from his armpit and from the slit of his vizor.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sir Nigel's shield was broken, his crest shorn, his armor cut and smashed, and the vizor torn from his helmet; yet he sprang hither and thither with light foot and ready hand, engaging two Bretons and a Spaniard at the same instant—thrusting, stooping, dashing in, springing out—while Alleyne still fought by his side, stemming with a handful of men the fierce tide which surged up against them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)