单词 | face piece |
释义 | > as lemmasface piece face piece n. (a) a mask or protective covering for the face, as the visor or face glass of a helmet, the mask of a respirator, etc.; †(b) Nautical a piece of elm bolted to the face of the knee of the head to prevent chafing from ropes and cables (obsolete); (c) a decorative attachment to a horse's bridle. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > underwater swimming > equipment > parts of face glass1896 face piece1908 1779 Rep. 3 May in R. J. B. Knight Portsmouth Dockyard Papers: 1774–1783 (1987) 25 Trimd and fastend the Face Piece to the Knee. 1784 S. Dobson tr. J.-B. de la Curne de Sainte-Palaye Mem. Anc. Chivalry i. 26 To close and clench together with the nicest evenness the visor or face-piece. 1805 Shipwright's Vade-mecum 103 Face-piece. A piece of elm, generally tabled on to the fore part of the knee of the head, to assist the conversion of the main piece, and likewise to shorten the upper bolts, and prevent the cables from rubbing against them as the knee gets worn. 1898 Proc. Royal Soc. 63 243 The face-piece was supplied with a glass tube..another tube served for the nasal inspiration from the outside of the chamber. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 5/3 A big round-topped helmet that contains a small glass face-piece through which the wearer can see. 1955 J. Sweeney Skin Diving vii. 90 The only area of unequal pressure that can occur in a swimmer's equipment is that of his face-piece or sea mask. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 113/2 Face-piece horse brass. 1961 Lancet 22 July 214/1 Immediately after the shock the face-piece was reapplied. 1999 A. Mallinson Close Run Thing ii. 76 This rosette here on the crossed face-pieces must be set dead between the eyes. 2007 Occupational Health Managem. (Nexis) 1 Nov. Employees... must hold each face piece [of a respirator] up to the face and eliminate those that do not provide an acceptable fit. < as lemmas |
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