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the only eyewear that survives both Mount Everest and your kid's birthday pool party
means Snug protective eyewear that seals around the eyes to shield them from water, wind, glare, dust, or flying debris.
from From the verb 'goggle,' meaning to stare with wide, bulging eyes — a word of uncertain origin, likely imitative of the rolling, popping motion of the eyeballs. By the late Medieval period 'goggle' described eyes that protruded or rolled, and the noun 'goggles' followed for spectacles that made the wearer look just so: round-eyed and bug-eyed. The protective swimming-and-skiing sense grew naturally from those bulging glass lenses pressed against the face.
- first pair
- Inuit carved snow goggles from bone with tiny slits
- swim science
- they trap an air pocket so eyes see clearly underwater
- military origin
- WWI pilots wore them in open, freezing cockpits
- fog enemy
- anti-fog coatings fight your own breath and sweat
- welding shield
- dark lenses block arc light that can blind instantly
aviator sunglasses — pilot eyewear designed by ray-ban in 1929 for military pilots
swimming goggles — underwater eyewear used by competitive swimmers since the 1970s olympics
ski goggles — snow sports eyewear with uv protection, standard equipment at resorts like aspen since the 1950s
welding goggles — industrial eye protection with dark lenses used in metalworking and construction