goggles

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   close-fitting protective eyewear worn for swimming, sports, laboratory work, or hazardous tasks

   Everyone in the laboratory must wear safety goggles.

The lexicalized plural of goggle, probably named for the enlarged or staring appearance the lenses can give the wearer. Goggle had earlier referred to staring or to prominent, rolling eyes; goggles became the usual plural-only noun for close-fitting protective eyewear.

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