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.
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

Czech: pokrývka hlavy f. (single item) German: Kopfbedeckung (de) f. Hungarian: fejfedő (hu)

Icelandic: höfuðbúnaður (is) m. Russian: головной убор (ru) (golovnój ubór) m.

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