gas mask

noun

a masklike device containing or attached to a component that filters the air inhaled by the wearer through charcoal and chemicals, for protecting the face and lungs against noxious gases and fumes, as in warfare or in certain industrial processes.

gas mask

a mask fitted with a chemical filter to enable the wearer to breathe air free of poisonous or corrosive gases: used for military or industrial purposes Also called (in Britain)respirator

First recorded in 1910–15

On the desk, an ashtray is filled with 23-year-old cigarette butts and a gas mask.

There were long lines at the gas mask distribution stations.

My newly acquired gas mask sits beside me, and I am comforted.

A medic standing close to her wore both a stethoscope and a gas mask around her neck—she seemed to be in shock.

He flitted around London wearing a ludicrous gas mask over his face…to disguise himself from paparazzi?

So I put on my life-saving waistcoat and blew it out; clapped my new gas-mask on my head and entered.

One day I was laying in my bunk looking at my gas mask hanging on the wall and decided to get it down and see if it fit.

He had taken off nothing except his trench helmet and his gas mask before turning in, anyhow.

Her master contrived a protection for her by cutting down and twisting a French gas mask.

I've made a gas mask for myself, since I'll be in it where it's thick, but you two won't need any.

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