headgear
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Various headgear items.
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
headgear (countable and uncountable, plural headgears)
- (uncountable) Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296:
- Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose.
- The harness that fits on a horse's head.
- The lifting gear at the head of a mine or deep well.
- (nautical) The rigging on the foresail.
- (orthodontics) A type of orthodontic appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting severe bite problems.
Synonyms
- (clothing): headdress, headwear; see also Thesaurus:headwear
- (harness on a horse's head): bridle
Translations
anything worn on the head
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harness that fits on a horse's head
lifting gear at the head of a mine
rigging on the foresail