NOUN | artifact | sights | an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument |
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Sounds | say'ts | |
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Rhymes | campsite ... tights: 6 rhymes with ayts... |
Meaning | An optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument. | |
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Part of | firearm, piece, small-arm | A portable gun |
surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument | An instrument used by surveyors | |
Parts | eyepiece, ocular | combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments |
Narrower | bombsight | A sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs |
gunsight, gun-sight | A sight used for aiming a gun | |
Broader | optical instrument | An instrument designed to aid vision |
Spanish | visor | |
Catalan | visor |
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