A play used by children, where one being blinded by a handkerchief bound over his eyes, attempts to seize any one of the company, who all endeavour to avoid him; the person caught, must be blinded in his stead.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
Blind Harpers * Blind CupidNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes