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Definition of Headgear
1. Noun. Clothing for the head.
Specialized synonyms: Cap, Chapeau, Hat, Lid, Helmet, Hood, Jeweled Headdress, Jewelled Headdress, Kaffiyeh, Miter, Mitre, Topknot, Turban, Wimple
Generic synonyms: Article Of Clothing, Clothing, Habiliment, Vesture, Wear, Wearable
2. Noun. The hoist at the pithead of a mine.
3. Noun. Stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head.
Group relationships: Harness
Generic synonyms: Saddlery, Stable Gear, Tack
Definition of Headgear
1. Noun. Anything worn on the head, such as a helmet. ¹
2. Noun. The harness that fits on a horse's head. ¹
3. Noun. The lifting gear at the head of a mine or deep well. ¹
4. Noun. (nautical) the rigging on the foresail ¹
5. Noun. (orthodontics) A type of orthodontic appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting severe bite problems. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headgear
1. a covering for the head [n -S]
Medical Definition of Headgear
1. A removable extraoral appliance used as a source of traction to apply force to the teeth and jaws. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headgear
Literary usage of Headgear
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries by Cornelius McLeod Percy (1882)
"Material for Construction—Iron or Wood—Advantages but Expensive- ness of
Iron—Cheapness of Wood—Some attention due to Appearances —Form of headgear for two ..."
2. The Witwatersrand Goldfields, Banket & Mining Practice: With an Appendix on by Samuel John Truscott (1907)
"Two elevations of the style of headgear which has been erected on the Rand Mines
... Rand Mines headgear arranged with ore and waste bins and with tip for ..."
3. Through the Zulu Country: Its Battlefields and Its People by Bertram Mitford (1883)
"Fugitives' Drift"—The saving of the Colours—Zulus 'at Home'— A novel brew—On
headgear—' The gilt off the gingerbread '—A Rorke's Drift hero—Ascent of ..."
4. Machinery for Metalliferous Mines: A Practical Treatise for Mining Engineers by Edward Henry Davies (1894)
"headgear AND GENERAL ARRANGEMENT FOR A BOREHOLE. In practice it is usually from
45 to 50 ft., and this height is sometimes increased by sinking a small pit, ..."
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