: a binocular without prisms especially for use outdoors—usually used in plural
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Nabokov’s voice is both inside and far outside the story, looking down on his diorama with outsize field glasses, like Orson Welles as a narrator.—Literary Hub,
13 May 2026 Through field glasses, the wardens watched its occupants launch a boat and circle the lake slowly.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026 The bag contained a camera, film, field glasses, and other flight gear.—
Dean Conger,
National Geographic,
8 Dec. 2016