occularium

occularium

English

Noun

occularium (plural occularia)

1. Alternative form of ocularium
   • 1995, The Irish Naturalists' Journal, page 310:

     { […] can be identified by the dark area around the eyes and the pale central strip of the occularium. However, Nelima gothica can often show a very striking pale eye ring with a narrow dark strip down the centre of the occularium and here the legs are essential in making a correct determination.

   • 2013, James R. Planche, An Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Costume, Courier Corporation (→ISBN), page 283:

     An alteration is also noticeable in the occularium, which is no longer a slit cut in the metal itself, but formed by an opening left between the upper and the lower portion, the helm being now constructed of three pieces—the crown, ...