'Headgear' definitions:
Definition of 'headgear'
(from WordNet)
noun
Clothing for the head [syn: headdress, headgear]
noun
The hoist at the pithead of a mine
noun
Stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head
Definition of 'Headgear'
From: GCIDE
- Head gear \Head" gear`\, or Headgear \Head"gear`\ (h[e^]d"g[=e]r`), n.
- 1. Headdress. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'headgear'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back band,
- backstrap,
- bearing rein,
- bellyband,
- bit,
- blinders,
- blinds,
- breeching,
- bridle,
- cap,
- caparison,
- cavesson,
- chapeau,
- checkrein,
- cheekpiece,
- chinband,
- cinch,
- collar,
- coverchief,
- crownband,
- crupper,
- curb,
- gag swivel,
- girth,
- hackamore,
- halter,
- hames,
- hametugs,
- handkerchief,
- harness,
- hat,
- headcloth,
- headdress,
- headpiece,
- headstall,
- headtire,
- headwear,
- hip straps,
- jaquima,
- jerk line,
- kerchief,
- lid,
- lines,
- martingale,
- millinery,
- noseband,
- pole strap,
- reins,
- ribbons,
- saddle,
- shaft tug,
- side check,
- snaffle,
- surcingle,
- tack,
- tackle,
- trappings,
- tug,
- winker braces,
- yoke