polemoscope

English

A large polemoscope used on the battlefield

Etymology

From Greek Monster Polemos (the embodiment of war) +‎ -scope. Compare French polémoscope.

Noun

polemoscope (plural polemoscopes)

1. opera glasses or field glasses with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects that do not lie directly in front.

References

• “polemoscope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.