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Visor

A visor (also spelled vizor) is a surface that protects the eyes, such as shading them from the sun or other bright light or protecting them from objects.

Nowadays many visors are transparent, but before strong transparent substances such as polycarbonate were invented, visors were opaque like a mask. *The part of a helmet in a suit of armor that protects the eyes. *A type of headgear consisting only of a visor and a band as a way to fasten it around 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). *As masque costume, Henry VIII and his courtiers wore "visors of good proportion of physiognomy". Provided by Wikipedia