1. Clothing for the head
   "The bride wore an elaborate headgear adorned with pearls";
   - headdress, headwear
    
2. Stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head
   "The rider adjusted the horse's headgear before mounting"
    
3. The hoist at the pithead of a mine
   "The miners used the headgear to descend into the shaft"

Derived forms: headgears

Type of: article of clothing, clothing, duds [informal], habiliment [archaic], hoist, saddlery, stable gear, tack, threads [informal], togs [informal], vesture [archaic], wear, wearable

Part of: harness

Encyclopedia: Headgear