Blinkers
As blinders (also blinkers , barn doors or turn signal (Engl.), In older texts also eyelids , eye patches or show leather ) is known mostly in leather-made shields the bridle of horses and donkeys are fixed before the eyes of the animal.
function
Due to the lateral position of the eyes, horses have a very wide field of vision, which is restricted in this way. The blinkers enable a targeted whip help on a horse when driving with multiple horses without the unaffected horses seeing the whip and possibly reacting to it. In addition, blinkers should prevent frightened horses from being distracted from the side or from behind, and protect the horses' eyes from the whip. Flaps are not absolutely necessary for the Einspänner.
Racing
In horse racing blinkers are with the inherited from the English term Blinkers referred ( Winkers , austr. English), they are here only to narrow the field of view of the horse. They are made as a hood and only restrict the horse's view to the rear.
Racehorse with the hood called Blinkers
Australian racehorse with "Winkers"
production
Flaps are usually square and made from sturdy, double-layered leather. The flaps are slightly curved outwards at eye level and the corners are rounded. Each flap is sewn lengthways to the cheek piece of the bridle on one side . Sewn-in inserts made of plastic or metal stiffen the flaps. The shutter flaps must not press on the eyebrows or temples. A sturdy leather strap with wire insert leads from each flap to the headpiece. The blind straps secure the flaps in the correct position so that they do not touch the eyelashes.
Others
- People with a one-sided ( restricted or limited ) point of view are also accused in German (and in English) in a figurative sense of "walking around with blinkers".
- Blinders are also used in the BDSM area.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Friedrich August Kinderling: About the purity of the German language and the means of transport of the same, with a sample of foreign words and other dictionaries , F. Maurer, Berlin (1795), p. 360
- ^ Frank S. Anthony: Gus Tomlins, together with the original stories of "Me and Gus" . tape 11 . Auckland University Press, Auckland, New Zealand 1977, ISBN 0-19-647951-7 , pp. 70 (English, google.de ).
