headgear

English

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Various headgear items.

Etymology

head +‎ gear

Noun

headgear (plural headgears)

1. (uncountable) Anything worn on the head, such as a helmet.
2. The harness that fits on a horse's head.
3. The lifting gear at the head of a mine or deep well.
4. (nautical) the rigging on the foresail
5. (orthodontics) A type of orthodontic appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting severe bite problems.

Synonyms

• (clothing): headdress, headwear; see also Wikisaurus:headgear
• (harness on a horse's head): bridle

Translations

anything worn on the head

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帽子 (cmn) (màozi)

• Czech: (single item) pokrývka hlavy (cs) f
• Finnish: päähine (fi)
• French: couvre-chef (fr) m
• German: Kopfbedeckung (de) f

• Hungarian: fejfedő (hu)
• Icelandic: höfuðbúnaður (is) m
• Japanese: 帽子 (ja) (ぼうし, bōshi)
• Russian: головной убор (ru) (golovnój ubór) m
• Spanish: ‎prenda para la cabeza f, ‎accesorio para la cabeza m, sombrero (es) m (hat)

harness that fits on a horse's head

• German: Zaumzeug (de) n

• Spanish: brida (es) f

lifting gear at the head of a mine

rigging on the foresail

Anagrams

• gear head, gearhead, Heegaard