FACE MASK Definition & Meaning

face mask

Or facemask

noun

Sports.��the protective equipment, usually made of steel or plastic, that guards the face, as the steel cage worn by a baseball catcher or the molded plastic covering worn by a hockey goalkeeper.
any of various similar devices to shield the face, sometimes attached to or forming part of a helmet, as that worn by workers engaged in a hazardous activity.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of face mask¹

First recorded in 1905–10; face + mask

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When a demonstrator in a face mask tapped his pants’ pockets and signaled he didn’t have the cash for the flag, the vendor handed him a Mexico flag anyway.

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The volunteers were parents and neighbors in Paramount, armed with plastic bags, latex gloves and face masks.

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Thibou, who wore a medical face mask and blue beanie hat in the dock, looked straight ahead throughout.

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Other than that, we might just watch a show, or I’ll do like a face mask.

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Multiple videos showed him in a white hoodie and face mask wildly swinging a pipe at demonstrators.

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