Definition of "half-mask" [half-mask]

• A mask made to cover the upper part of the face, and used for disguise, as at masquerades, and also for protection from the sun's rays, by ladies in the eighteenth century. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "“Good, Pascal,” she whispered, and set him on the floor, pulling the half-mask down over her face."
• "A boy had picked out a white "Phantom of the Opera" half-mask."
• "Chino, usually the servant of the Comic Father or the Merchant, is willowy and mischievous, with a black half-mask, with slanted eye holes, with red-and-yellow diamond-figured tights and pullover."