Dictionary entry

Blindfold

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blind″fold′ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Blindfolded; p. pr. & vb. n.Blindfolding.] [OE. blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; AS. blind blind + prob. fellan, fyllan, to fell, strike down.] To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing.

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face.

Luke xxii. 64.