lorgnette

[ lawrn-yet ]

/ lɔrnˈyɛt /

a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.

a pair of opera glasses mounted on a handle.

Origin of lorgnette

1795–1805; < French, derivative of lorgner to eye furtively; see -ette

"You are quite right," was Lady Maria's reply, as she held up her lorgnette and watched the cart spin down the avenue.

Emily Fox-Seton |Frances Hodgson Burnett
Kedzie wanted to be a lady, and with the ladies stand—a tall tiara in her hair, a lorgnette in her hand.

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes
Miss Manning rang a silver bell, and, rising, tapped the professor's arm with her lorgnette.

A Speckled Bird |Augusta J. Evans Wilson
You see a woman looking through her lorgnette from a box in the front row.

The Mantle and Other Stories |Nicholas Gogol

"Well, all I know is I would never have stood it," said the lady with the lorgnette.

What Happened to Inger Johanne |Dikken Zwilgmeyer

lorgnette

/ (lɔːˈnjɛt) /

a pair of spectacles or opera glasses mounted on a handle

C19: from French, from lorgner to squint, from Old French lorgne squinting