1.
[syn: headdress, headgear]
2. the hoist at the pithead of a mine;
3. stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Head gear \Head" gear`\, or Headgear \Head"gear`\
(h[e^]d"g[=e]r`), n.
1. Headdress.
[1913 Webster]
2. Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep
well.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
headgear
n 1: clothing for the head [syn: headdress, headgear]
2: the hoist at the pithead of a mine
3: stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits
about the horse's head