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field glass

–noun
Usually, field glasses. binoculars for use out of doors.

Origin:
1885–90
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field glass  
n.  A portable binocular telescope without prisms used especially outdoors for viewing distant objects. Often used in the plural: used a pair of field glasses to watch the marsh birds.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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