gas mask

noun

1. a masklike device containing or attached to a component that filters the air inhaled by the wearer through charcoal and chemicals, for protecting the face and lungs against noxious gases and fumes, as in warfare or in certain industrial processes.

gas mask

noun

1. a mask fitted with a chemical filter to enable the wearer to breathe air free of poisonous or corrosive gases: used for military or industrial purposes Also called (in Britain)respirator

Word History and Origins

Origin of gas mask¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

He then became sandwiched at the West Terrace doors between rioters and police, and he was beaten with his own baton, while inhaling bear spray after his gas mask was ripped away.

From Washington Post

Officers found five guns, several hundred rounds of ammunition and gas masks in the truck.

From ProPublica

On January 6th, in the span of ten minutes, I was asked by my 8-year-old son what a gas mask is used for.

From Washington Blade

He had a gas mask and put it on, then worked his way to the front of the police line.

From Washington Post

While they’ve been referred to as gas masks, they’re technically known as escape hoods.

From Popular-Science

On the desk, an ashtray is filled with 23-year-old cigarette butts and a gas mask.

From The Daily Beast

There were long lines at the gas mask distribution stations.

From The Daily Beast

My newly acquired gas mask sits beside me, and I am comforted.

From The Daily Beast

A medic standing close to her wore both a stethoscope and a gas mask around her neck—she seemed to be in shock.

From The Daily Beast

He flitted around London wearing a ludicrous gas mask over his face…to disguise himself from paparazzi?

From The Daily Beast

So I put on my life-saving waistcoat and blew it out; clapped my new gas-mask on my head and entered.

From Project Gutenberg

One day I was laying in my bunk looking at my gas mask hanging on the wall and decided to get it down and see if it fit.

From Project Gutenberg

He had taken off nothing except his trench helmet and his gas mask before turning in, anyhow.

From Project Gutenberg

Her master contrived a protection for her by cutting down and twisting a French gas mask.

From Project Gutenberg

I've made a gas mask for myself, since I'll be in it where it's thick, but you two won't need any.

From Project Gutenberg