horn rimmed

horn-rimmed

[hawrn-rimd]
adjective
having the frames or rims made of horn or tortoise shell, or plastic that simulates either of these: horn-rimmed glasses.

Origin:
1890–95

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horn-rimmed

adjective
having the frame made of horn or tortoise shell or plastic that simulates either; "horn-rimmed glasses" 
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