eye·lid

eye·lid
/ˈaıˌlıd/ noun, pl -lids [count]
: either one of the two movable pieces of skin that cover your eye when it is closed

the upper/lower eyelid of the left eye

not bat an eyelid — see bat, 4

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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