HEADGEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headgear mean? 

• HEADGEAR (noun)
  The noun HEADGEAR has 3 senses:

1. clothing for the head

2. the hoist at the pithead of a mine

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

  Familiarity information: HEADGEAR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEADGEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clothing for the head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

headdress; headgear

Hypernyms ("headgear" is a kind of...):

article of clothing; clothing; habiliment; vesture; wear; wearable (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headgear"):

cap (a tight-fitting headdress)

chapeau; hat; lid (headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim)

helmet (a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows)

hood (a headdress that protects the head and face)

jeweled headdress; jewelled headdress (a headdress adorned with jewels)

kaffiyeh (an Arab headdress consisting of a square piece of cloth folded into a triangle and fastened over the crown by an agal)

miter; mitre (a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions)

topknot (headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair)

turban (a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head)

wimple (headdress of cloth; worn over the head and around the neck and ears by medieval women)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The hoist at the pithead of a mine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("headgear" is a kind of...):

hoist (lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("headgear" is a kind of...):

saddlery; stable gear; tack (gear for a horse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headgear"):

bridle (headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control)

hackamore; halter (rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading)

Holonyms ("headgear" is a part of...):

harness (stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart)

 Context examples 

In an instant his strange headgear began to move, and there reared itself from among his hair the squat diamond-shaped head and puffed neck of a loathsome serpent.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It's evident he doesn't look in his glass before coming down, thought Jo, with a smile, as he said Goot efening, and sat soberly down, quite unconscious of the ludicrous contrast between his subject and his headgear, for he was going to read her the Death of Wallenstein.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)