ski mask

American

noun

a one-piece pullover covering for the head and face, generally of knitted material with holes for the eyes, the mouth, and sometimes the nose, originally worn by skiers and used to protect the face against cold and wind.

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Noun Inflected Forms

ski masks

plural

Etymology

Origin of ski mask

First recorded in 1965–70

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ski mask

Hours later, a person wearing a ski mask passed under the brick arc outside her front door and approached her Nest camera.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

That same day, the FBI released black-and-white surveillance photos and video from Nancy Guthrie’s doorstep showing a person wearing a ski mask, gloves and a backpack disabling the door camera.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026

One of the roommates, Dylan Mortensen, saw the assailant in a ski mask in the hallway as he was leaving.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

Pollard also had a black ski mask in the car and federal investigators identified a flower tattoo on his wrist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

Very gingerly, Owen pulled his friend’s torn ski mask off his head.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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