peep sightn.
/ˈpiːp sʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpip ˌsaɪt/ A backsight for a rifle, consisting of a circular hole through which the foresight is brought into line with the object aimed at. Later also: a similar device in other apparatus.
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dispart1578
telescopic sight1674
plain sight1686
aim-frontlet1745
hausse1787
foresight1806
gloaming sight1817
night-sight1822
bead1831
leaf1832
backsight1847
globe sight1847
pendulum hausse1850
hindsight1851
tangent scale1859
tangent1861
tangent backsight1862
training pendulum1862
training level1863
peep sight1866
dispart-sight1867
notch sight1867
buck-horn1877
orthoptic1881
aperturea1884
pinball-sighta1884
dispart patch1884
sight bar1884
flap-sight1887
barley-corn1896
ring sight1901
riflescope1902
spotting scope1904
tangent sight1908
Aldis sight1918
wind-sight1923
scope sight1934
gyro-sight1942
1866 Sci. Amer. 15 Sept. 183/3 Globe and peep sights were used on all the guns.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 151 An elevating Vernier peep-sight attached to the stock of the rifle.
1936 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 5 350 These peep sights are then sighted on the pole star on a clear night before the baseboard is screwed down.
1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam vi. 133 At last I had him in my peep sight—just his eyes and his forehead.
1991 Petersen's Bowhunting Dec. 72/1 When test bows arrive, one of the first things I do is split the string, insert a peep sight and serve it up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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