blindfold

¹blind·fold

transitive verb \-ˌfōld\

Definition of BLINDFOLD

1

: to cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage

2

: to hinder from seeing; especially : to keep from comprehension

— blindfold adjective

Examples of BLINDFOLD

1. The kidnappers tied him up and blindfolded him.

Origin of BLINDFOLD

alteration of Middle English blindfellen, blindfelden to strike blind, blindfold, from blind + fellen to fell

First Known Use: 1533

Rhymes with BLINDFOLD

acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold

²blindfold

noun

Definition of BLINDFOLD

1

: a bandage for covering the eyes

2

: something that obscures mental or physical vision

First Known Use of BLINDFOLD

1715