unvisoredとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

unvisored (not comparable)

1. Without a visor.
   • 1826, Jane Porter, Anna Maria Porter, Tales Round a Winter Hearth:

     But the plumes of his unvisored helmet rather shadowed the noble contour of his face; and the ample folds of his mantle in part concealed the points of the cross.

   • 1881, George Franklin Fort, The Early History and Antiquities of Freemasonry:

     Two of the saints have covering for the head : one is a close fitting, unvisored cap, loosely tied with straps in front, which are evidently designed to adjust it to a proper size.

   • 2018, T.F. Tout, The History of England from the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward III (1216-1377), →ISBN, page 276:

     The unvisored helmets of the Scots made them an easy prey to the storm of missiles, and they were driven back on to the main body.

2. Exposed; unprotected by a visor or similar mask.
   • 1876, Rossiter Johnson, Keats to Morris, page 143:

     On their grim features, now The plain unvisored index of the soul, The true untampered witness of the heart, No smile of hope, no look of vanity Beseeching for applause, was seen ;

   • 1910, John Edward Morris, Humfrey Robertson Jordan, An introduction to the study of local history and antiquities, page 234:

     They push on under the hail of arrows to which they can make no reply, and try to save their unvisored faces by charging blindly heads down.

   • 1972, Outposts, page 428:

     ... and these not only the crashed, spreadeagled and the near-supine that lie unvisored from the snow

3. Viewed without a visor, at full visual strength.
   • 1972, Shipbuilding and Shipping Record - Volume 120, page 25:

     On a big, bright unvisored screen it gives the navigator an instant 'Real World' picture of the scene around him.

   • 2000, Stephen Graham Jones, The Fast Red Road: A Plainsong, →ISBN, page 224:

     The ligature dents on Larry's neck swelled red in the unvisored sun.

動詞

unvisored

1. simple past and past participle of unvisor

アナグラム

• indevours