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eyeshot

[ ahy-shot ]

/ ˈaɪˌʃɒt /

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noun

range of vision; view: The ship passed within eyeshot.

Archaic. a glance.

Origin of eyeshot

First recorded in 1590–1600; eye + shot¹

Words nearby eyeshot

eyes right, eyes-only, eyeservice, eyeshade, eyeshine, eyeshot, eyesight, eyesome, eyesore, eyespot, eyestalk

Example sentences from the Web for eyeshot

And though it was merely crossing his line of march he judged it wiser to get out of eyeshot as speedily as he could.

Stories By English Authors: France |Various
These are among the swiftest of birds, and are generally out of eyeshot almost before you have seen them.

Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets |Various
I looked at Richard, and he gave me back the eyeshot, with a hearty curse to speed it.

The Master of Appleby |Francis Lynde
When in eyeshot of ladies, especially when he is unknown to them, he is grand.

Peeps at People |Robert Cortes Holliday

All the same, and in spite of his resolves, the eyeshot from under those dark and sweeping lashes did its usual and deadly work.

The Black Douglas |S. R. Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for eyeshot

eyeshot

/ (ˈaɪˌʃɒt) /

noun

range of vision; view