是否可以在Laravel Eloquent模型中映射列名？

I have a DB table with a column "visible" (true/false).

The Eloquent model already has a property visible, see this code snippet taken from Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model.

/**
 * The attributes that should be visible in arrays.
 *
 * @var array
 */
protected $visible = array();

When printing out the model, the "visible" property is the already existing array instead of the column value. Is there a way to rename the column in the Model? I already tried this (found here: http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/eloquent#accessors-and-mutators)

public function setVisibleAttribute($value) {
    $this->attributes['isvisible'] = $value;
}
public function getVisibleAttribute($value) {
    $this->attributes['isvisible'];
}

I know I can solve the problem like this:

User::select('id', 'name', 'visible as isVisible')->get(); 

I was just wondering if there isn't a really built in mechanism.

Important note: the DB is also used by existing software so renaming it isn't really an option.