monocle

Etymology

1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).

noun

  1. A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
  2. (obsolete) A one-eyed animal.

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