Headshield
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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
More examples"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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