单词 | headgear |
释义 | headgearn. 1. Something worn on the head; a hat, helmet, etc. As a mass noun: such items collectively, headwear. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] attirec1380 headgeara1500 chapeau1523 headpiece1547 headclothes1549 attiring1552 head-tire1560 headdress1645 head-dressing1678 hairdress18.. headwear1867 ta-tac1910 a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 1529 Al his wiffis hedgere hail, Wiþe mony oþir fayr iowale. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. iii. l. 36 The..rych hynger, Quhilk doys the nek array or the hed ger. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. iii. 564 Glittering attires, counterfeit colours, head-geares, curled haires. 1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. 11/2 A Surtout, is a Night-Hood, which goes over, or covers the rest of the head geer. 1729 W. Somerville Epist. to Ramsay 65 In her tartan plaid And all her richest headgear trimly clad. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 115 Fitter for a turband to Mahound or Termagant, than a head-gear for a..Christian gentlewoman. 1865 J. H. Bennet Winter in S. Europe (ed. 3) iv. 73 The peculiar head gear used in India as a protection against the sun. 1950 B. Pym Some Tame Gazelle viii. 89 They stood in the doorway,..wearing mackintoshes, and that wet-weather headgear so unbecoming to middle-aged ladies and so incongruously known as a ‘pixie hood’. 1972 Pop. Sci. Aug. 32/1 The Dept. of Transportation issues a new standard for the safety-performance level of headgear for cyclists. 1994 Independent on Sunday 2 Jan. 1/6 Five men..gang-kissed her, mildly dislodging her headgear. 2003 J. Zand et al. Smart Med. for Healthier Child (ed. 2) ii. 464 Insist on proper headgear for activities like bicycling, skiing, and contact sports. 2. The parts of a harness worn around a horse's head; a bridle or similar piece of equipment. Also as a mass noun: such items collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > halter or bridle haltera1000 bridleOE brake1430 gorel1480 watering bridle1502 mollet-bridle1503 headgear1538 slipe1586 chase-halter1607 branks1657 bit-bridle1676 curb-bridle1677 chain-bridle1690 blind-halter1711 ox-riem1817 blind-bridle1833 bell-bridle1836 training halter1842 hackamore1850 Pelham bridle1875 quoiler1876 knee-halter1892 war bridle1962 side pull1965 1538 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1907) VII. 13 Ane elne of reid sating to cover the burlat and heid geir of the said harnes [of a horse]. 1539 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 53 Item, ten heid geiris of fedderis for hors. 1827 J. H. Barrow Emir Malek II. i. 18 A part of the head-gear of a horse lay by him. 1839 Wizard of Windshaw I. xiv. 238 Philip took off the bridle and other headgear, which he made fast round the animal's neck. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1085/1 Head-gear, the bridle of a horse. The head-stall and bit. 1907 Agric. Jrnl. Cape Good Hope June 801 The seller..must put a halter or other suitable head-gear on the horse to secure it on the railway journey. 1980 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 9 June He has experimented with the gelding's head gear, and other equipment, but he still touches wood. 2007 A. Pavia & S. Sand Horseback Riding for Dummies ix. 101 A crucial piece of equipment when you're riding..is the bridle. This horse headgear serves as an important line of communication between you and the horse. 3. Nautical. The rigging on the fore part of a sailing ship. ΚΠ 1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch II. iii. 52 As the long and pointed proportions of her head-gear came into view, Ludlow saw beneath the bowsprit..a female form, fashioned with the carver's best skill. 1866 J. Cole Arrangem. for Ramming in Mariner's Mirror (1965) 51 266 As all the Iron clads were unrigged the question of bowsprit & headgear did not..apply to them. 1903 Rudder Mar. 85/2 Her captain..had his way, the yacht being fitted with the flying jib-boom and ordinary headgear. 1941 Mariner's Mirror 27 247 The last schooner to have full headgear was the Minnie. 2005 O. Schäuffelen Great Sailing Ships of World 178 In the yard..stand 2 full-rigged masts with bowsprits and the corresponding headgear. 4. Mining and Oil Industry. A mechanism or apparatus at the head of a vertical well or shaft; spec. a tower containing winding gear. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > pit equipment > at head of shaft pit frame1760 headgear1835 poppet-head1869 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > mouth or top of mine or shaft > apparatus at mouth of shaft puppet head1778 headgear1835 headstocks1845 poppet-head1869 head house1870 shaft-house1872 shaft-tackle1874 shut1886 1835 J. Holland Hist. & Descr. Fossil Fuel, Collieries, & Coal Trade xi. 230 A four inch pipe connected at the pit bottom with an insulated portion of coal strata extending about four acres, is carried up as high as the head gear. 1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 97 An iron head gear consisting of two vertical lattice girder legs and two struts. 1911 Times 3 May 27/2 A steel head gear is erected over the wells for convenience in lifting the pump work in the shafts. 1958 Pop. Mech. Oct. 120/1 Characteristic of older South African mines is an expensive headgear made of steel beams and plate. 2009 G. Blight Geotechn. Engin. Mine Waste Storage Facilities 462 Plate 11.2 shows the breach at centre-left, with the head-gear of the shaft, down which 13 miners were killed, in the centre of the picture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500 |
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