Headshield

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A helmet or similar covering that protects the head.

    "Two new molded fiber-glass plastic headshields for weldors are reported to offer the user lighter weight comfort with complete head protection from the welding arc and spatter."

  2. 2
    A cephalon of a trilobite.

    "Trilobites have a distinct headshield or cephalon and a distinct tailshield or pygidium, and in both these regions the original segmentation has been suppressed — more completely in the cephalon than in the pygidium — and [...]"

Example

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"Two new molded fiber-glass plastic headshields for weldors are reported to offer the user lighter weight comfort with complete head protection from the welding arc and spatter."

Etymology

From head + shield.

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