falseface

See also: false face

English

Etymology

false +‎ face

Noun

falseface (plural falsefaces)

1. A mask covering the face.
   • 1852, State Cabinet of Natural History (N.Y.), University of the State of New York. Board of Regents, Annual report of the Regents of the University

     Each one wore a mask or falseface, a tattered blanket over his shoulders, and carried a turtle shell rattle in his hand.

   • 1904, John Wesley Powell, Matthew Williams Stirling, Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report, page 471:

     When the 'Hlem'mosona and the warrior reach the ceremonial chamber, the latter, who is a very aged man, dons a queer-looking mask, entirely unlike those worn by the personators of the gods but similar to our common falseface.