eyeshot

noun

eye·​shot ˈī-ˌshät How to pronounce eyeshot (audio)
: the range of the eye : view

Examples of eyeshot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Serpentine, a contemporary art space usually found in the grand Kensington Gardens, an eyeshot away from the royal palace, has shuffled up the road to the Ciné Lumière to mount the first expansive UK survey of work made by the American artist-filmmaker Ja’Tovia Gary. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024 Etheridge grew up in Leavenworth, Kans., within eyeshot of the prison where country great Johnny Cash performed in 1970. Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2024 Just an eyeshot away, Payne gestured to a small bird no more than two inches long. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2024 The Arkansas plantation house in which generations of the family have lived, in eyeshot of the cemetery where generations of their slaves are buried, is now a hellhole in spirit and fact. Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for eyeshot 

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Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eyeshot was in 1600

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“Eyeshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyeshot. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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