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 Definitions of headgear  [ˈhɛdˌgɪər]  

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Definition of 'headgear' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) headgear
a covering for the head, as a hat.

2.  headgear
a protective covering for the head, as a steel helmet.

3.  headgear
the parts of a harness about the animal's head.

4.  headgear
an orthodontic device worn on the head and attached to braces in the mouth, for exerting backward tension.

Etymology:  (1530–1540)

Definition of 'headgear' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) headdress, headgear
clothing for the head

2. (noun) headgear
the hoist at the pithead of a mine

3. (noun) headgear
stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head


Definition of 'headgear' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) headgear
headdress

2. (noun) headgear
apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well


Translation of 'headgear' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: anything that is worn on the head
Hats, caps and helmets are headgear.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hoofbedekking Arabic flag Arabic: غِطاء رأس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: неща, които се носят на г
Brazilian flag Brazilian: roupa para a cabeça Czech flag Czech: pokrývka German flag German: die Kopfbedeckung
Danish flag Danish: hovedbeklædning Greek flag Greek: κάλυμμα κεφαλιού Spanish flag Spanish: tocado; sombrero; gorro;
Estonian flag Estonian: peakate Farsi flag Farsi: پوشش سر Finnish flag Finnish: päähine
French flag French: couvre-chef Hebrew flag Hebrew: כִּיסוּי רֹאש Hindi flag Hindi: सिर का वस्त्र
Croatian flag Croatian: pokrivala za glavu (kapa, Hungarian flag Hungarian: fejfedő Indonesian flag Indonesian: tutup kepala
Icelandic flag Icelandic: höfuðbúnaður Italian flag Italian: copricapo Japanese flag Japanese: かぶりもの
Korean flag Korean: (머리의) 쓰개 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: galvos apdangalas Latvian flag Latvian: galvassega
Malay flag Malay: topi Dutch flag Dutch: hoofddeksel Norwegian flag Norwegian: hodeplagg/-bekledning
Polish flag Polish: nakrycie głowy Persian flag Persian: پوشش سر Pashto flag Pashto: د سر پوښښ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: roupa para a cabeça Romanian flag Romanian: acoperământ de cap Russian flag Russian: головной убор
Slovak flag Slovak: pokrývka hlavy Slovenian flag Slovenian: pokrivalo Serbian flag Serbian: pokrivač za glavu
Swedish flag Swedish: huvudbonad Thai flag Thai: สิ่งป้องกันศีรษะ Turkish flag Turkish: baş giysisi; şapka, başlı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 帽子,戴在頭上的東西 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: головний убір Urdu flag Urdu: سر پر پہنی ہوئی کوئی بھی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mũ lưỡi trai Chinese flag Chinese: 帽子

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