loo mask

British

noun

Also called: loup. a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc

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Etymology

Origin of loo mask

C17 loo, from French loup, literally: wolf, from Latin lupus

Example Sentences

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Leading the way to a lower room, he opened a drawer, and, producing a small loo mask, gave it her.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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