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Examples of field glass in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Scouts settled into the grandstand with field glasses and laptops, then, around 10 a.m., an announcer started calling out each horse that came onto the track.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
The bag contained a camera, film, field glasses, and other flight gear.
—Dean Conger, National Geographic, 8 Dec. 2016
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Word History
First Known Use
1782, in the meaning defined above
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“Field glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20glass. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
field glass
noun
: a handheld instrument for seeing at a distance that consists of two telescopes, a focusing device, and usually prisms
—usually used in plural
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