Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Blindfold

Blindfold ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[Old English blindfolden, blindfelden, blindfellen; Anglo-Saxon 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

Blindfold , adjective

Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury.
Fate's blindfold reign the atheist loudly owns. — Dryden

blindfold , noun

a flexible object placed over the eyes to prevent seeing; usually a strip of cloth wrapped around the head so as to cover the eyes.