Definition of "headgear" []

• A covering, such as a hat or helmet, for the head. (noun)
• The part of a harness that fits about a horse's head. (noun)
• The rigging for hauling or lifting located at the head of a mine shaft. (noun)
• Nautical The rigging on the forward sails of a craft. (noun)

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• "My gang wears Olive Drab and our headgear is forest green, and it is the most-elite, most-dangerous, highest-trained, baddest gang in the history of the world, and you try to claim you are one of us when you have not earned the right?"
• "In almost every other part of the Muslim world, controversy over female headgear is growing."
• "Oh, screw it; I would care for them as I do my headgear, which is in mint condition after six months of daily use."