face mask

or facemask

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.

First recorded in 1905–10; face + mask

Shann drew up the hood of his jacket and snapped the transparent face mask into place.

The girl took the map in her gloved hands and peered intently through her face-mask.

It's in Nick's methods ter wear a black face-mask an' leave his victim helplessly gagged.

Behind the face-mask, her thin features were pale, ghostlike.

Porter wore a leather face-mask, with a lozenge-shaped breathing-hole, and slanted openings covered with yellow glass for eyes.

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