headdress, headgear
(noun) clothing for the head
headgear
(noun) stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse’s head
headgear
(noun) the hoist at the pithead of a mine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
headgear (countable and uncountable, plural headgears)
(uncountable) Anything worn on the head, such as a helmet.
The harness that fits on a horse's head.
The lifting gear at the head of a mine or deep well.
(nautical) the rigging on the foresail
(orthodontics) A type of orthodontic appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting severe bite problems.
• (clothing): headdress, headwear; see also headgear
• (harness on a horse's head): bridle
• Heegaard, gear head, gearhead
Source: Wiktionary
Head" gear`, or; Head"gear` (, n.
1. Headdress.
2. Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
