1. Plural of kinetoscope; early motion-picture devices that displayed moving images to a single viewer through an eyehole, popular in the 1890s.
Usage: historical; often capitalized when referring to the specific Edison Kinetoscope brand

Examples

• The museum displayed several restored kinetoscopes from the 1890s.
• Visitors lined up to watch short films through the kinetoscopes at the arcade.
• Edison's kinetoscopes were among the first commercial motion-picture devices.
• The kinetoscopes required coins to operate and showed films lasting about 20 seconds.
• Early cinema enthusiasts collected kinetoscopes as novelty entertainment machines.