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A visor is a surface that protects the eyes, such as shading them from the sun or other bright light or protecting them from objects. Nowadays visors are transparent, but before strong transparent substances such as polycarbonate were invented, visors were opaque like a mask with small holes to see and breathe through, such as:
Some modern devices called visors are similar, for example:
  • Visor (ice hockey) Types of modern tranparent visors include:
  • The transparent or semi-transparent front part of a motorcycle crash helmet or police riotsquad helmets.
  • A type of hat consisting only of a visor and a way to fasten it to the head.
  • Any such vertical surface on any hat or helmet.
  • Any such horizontal surface on any hat or helmet (called a peak in British English).
  • A device in an automobile that the driver or front passenger can lower over part of the windshield to block the sun (sun visor).
  • An eyeshield to protect the eyes from sunlight on an American football helmet.
  • A shield to protect the eyes from sunlight on a flight helmet.
  • Green eyeshades, formerly worn by accountants and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented occupations.

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