Optical membrane (6)
I believe the answer is:
eyelid
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">optical membrane</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eyelid that I've seen before include "Covering for 27 across" , "Covering for organ of sight" , "Natural optical protector" , "Ocular closer" , "Optical membrane" .)