Visor
Surface that protects the eyes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Visor (disambiguation).
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.
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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).[2]