- football helmet
- nouna padded helmet with a face mask to protect the head of football players• Hypernyms: ↑helmet• Part Meronyms: ↑face guard
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Football helmet — A football helmet A is a protective device used primarily in American football and Canadian football. It consists of a hard plastic top with thick padding on the inside, a facemask made of one or more plastic bars, and a chinstrap. Some players… … Wikipedia
History of the football helmet — Professionals and amateurs alike wear protective gear to reduce the chance of injury while playing the game of American Football. The history of the football helmet is responsive to both the evolution of materials technology and rule changes in… … Wikipedia
Winged Football Helmet — The winged football helmet is a helmet bearing a distinctive painted design and used by some American football teams. Fritz Crisler first debuted the winged helmet at Princeton University in 1935. When Crisler was hired by the University of… … Wikipedia
Helmet — For other uses, see Helmet (disambiguation). A woman wearing a cycling helmet A helmet is a form of protective gear worn on the head to protect it from injuries. Ceremonial or symbolic helmets (e.g., English policeman s helmet) without protective … Wikipedia
Helmet stickers — (also known as reward decals and pride stickers) are stickers that are affixed to a high school or college football player s helmet. They can denote either individual or team accomplishments.HistoryThe practice of awarding helmet stickers is… … Wikipedia
helmet — [hel′mət] n. [OFr, dim. of helme, helmet < Frank * helm: for IE base see HELM1] 1. a protective covering for the head; specif., a) the headpiece of ancient or medieval armor: see ARMOR b) the metal head covering worn in modern warfare c) the… … English World dictionary
football, gridiron — Game played, predominantly in the U.S. and Canada, on a rectangular field having two goalposts at each end. In the U.S. it is played between two teams of 11 players each. The object is to get an oblong ball, in possession of one side at a time,… … Universalium
Helmet camera — A helmet camera, otherwise known as a micro video camera, bullet camera, or lipstick camera, is a camera attached to a helmet allowing someone to make a visual record from their point of view, while keeping their hands and vision free. History… … Wikipedia
helmet — helmeted, adj. helmetlike, adj. /hel mit/, n. 1. any of various forms of protective head covering worn by soldiers, firefighters, divers, cyclists, etc. 2. medieval armor for the head. 3. (in fencing, singlestick, etc.) a protective device for… … Universalium
football — /foot bawl /, n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent s goal line and by place… … Universalium
