BINOCULARS
NOUNS
1769 — PROSPECT GLASS a spyglass → US
1942 — DOUBLE-BARRELS binoculars; opera or field glasses → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1943 — BINOCS binoculars → sl.
1945 — BRING-‘EM-CLOSE GLASSES field-glasses, binoculars → US Western usage (Bk.)
1971 — BINS binoculars → sl.
Lexicophilia 