Etymology

longue-vue

Today it means: A ship's navigational monocular spyglass telescope Full definition →

French longue-vue
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  1. French · borrowed fromlongue-vue
  2. English todaylongue-vue

From French longue-vue; Literally, “long view”. From longue (“long”) + vue (“view”).

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