headgear
[hed-geer]
- any covering for the head, especially a hat, cap, bonnet, etc.
- a protective covering for the head, as a steel helmet or football helmet.
- the parts of a harness about the animal's head.
- Orthodontics Informal. a device worn on the head and attached by wires and elastic bands to braces in the mouth, used to create backward tension in the process of repositioning protruding teeth.
- Mining. a headframe and its machinery.
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Origin of headgear
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Contemporary Examples
The prevailing color is pink; the headgear: red bows and ears; the guests: super giddy.
Explosion of Cute: Inside the Superfan Mania of Hello Kitty Con 2014Sarah Bay Williams
November 2, 2014
Perry, for his part, wore no headgear that might detract from his wonderful hair.
British tradition dictates that the posher you are, the more eccentric the headgear.
Both Queen Elizabeth and Kate Middleton used ribbons to dress up their headgear.
Historical Examples
Manners and customs change no less quickly than headgear and skirts.
In the Heart of VosgesMatilda Betham-Edwards
They stopped a few yards from a pit shaft with its headgear and wheel.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
On his head he wore a sort of headgear, bound round and closed at the top.
Notre-Dame de ParisVictor Hugo
"Thank you, sir," replied one of the men, touching the brim of his headgear.
Dave Darrin After The Mine LayersH. Irving Hancock
That the chief form of headgear among the Swiss is the Alpine hat.
The American CredoGeorge Jean Nathan
headgear
- any head covering, esp a hat
- any part of a horse's harness that is worn on the head
- the hoisting mechanism at the pithead of a mine
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