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Various headgear items.

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From head +‎ gear.

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headgear (countable and uncountable, plural headgears)

  1. (uncountable) Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296:
      Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose.
  2. The harness that fits on a horse's head.
  3. The lifting gear at the head of a mine or deep well.
  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.

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