Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GOGGLES, n.pl. Sc. usage: blinkers, “blinds for horses that are apt to take fright, to prevent their seeing objects from behind” (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson; Abd., Ags. 1954). Also in n.Eng. dial. Phr.: to put the goggles on someone, to befool someone, to lead someone a dance (w.Dmf. 1899 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace) 348); to “take someone down a peg” (Kcb. 1950 per Fif.17).
[O.Sc. hors-gogales, id., 1631. Goggles = protective spectacles is also of Sc. orig. but appears in Eng. in 1715.]
