bill, peak, eyeshade, visor, vizor
(noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; “he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead”
visor, vizor
(noun) a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face
Source: WordNet® 3.1
visor (plural visors)
A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
A mask for the face.
The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
ViSOR
(UK, legal) Initialism of Violent and Sexual Offenders Register.
Source: Wiktionary
Vis"or, n. Etym: [OE. visere, F. visière, fr. OF. vis. See Visage, Vision.] [Written also visar, visard, vizard, and vizor.]
1. A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
2. A mask used to disfigure or disguise. "My very visor began to assume life." Shak. My weaker government since, makes you pull off the visor. Sir P. Sidney.
3. The fore piece of a cap, projecting over, and protecting the eyes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.