blindfold

What it means

1. A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.

   I put a blindfold over my boyfriend's eyes and told him I had a surprise for him.

2. figurativelysometimesAnything that obscures the vision.

In a sentence

I put a blindfold over my boyfriend's eyes and told him I had a surprise for him.

Where it comes from

1. Middle Englishblindfellen“to strike blind”
2. Middle Englishblyndefolde
3. Englishblindfold

From Middle English blyndefolde, blyndfuld, blynfold, blindfeld, blindfelt, yblynfeld, variants of y-blyndfalled, blyndfelled, etc. ("stricken blind, blindfolded"), past participle of Middle English blindfellen (“to strike blind”), from blind (“to blind”) and fellen (“to fell”), equivalent to blind + felled. Later influenced by the unrelated verb fold.