DCHP-3

snow glasses

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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slotted goggles of wood, bone, ivory, etc., worn as protection against snowblindness, especially by Eskimos. [See picture at snow goggles.]

Quotations

1930
. . . the light of the sun becomes so great that snow glasses become a necessity. . . .
1954
Soon snow glasses were making their appearance and shady hats, while others ringed their eyes with charcoal, thus achieving a . . . clownish, appearance.