headstrap

Noun

headstrap (plural headstraps)

1. A strap that holds something onto the head.
   • In the room is his rocking bed, which replaced the tubular confinement of an iron lung last August, a special wheel chair, an electric typewriter, an unusual telephone and earpiece and an ungainly headstrap with two thin bars protruding from it. The headstrap takes the place of his arms. His wife...1957 February 28, “Polio Victim’s Business Assets Include 2 Fingers, Determination”, in The Edmonton Journal, 54th year, number 91, Edmonton, Alta., page two
   • It is important to have the proper prescription lenses and durable eyewear to meet sports’ demands on your vision. Most regular eyewear is not meant to be worn during active sports. Your eyeglases are not shatterproof. For instance, when playing racquetball, we suggest you wear one-piece plastic...1991 August 24, Daily Journal, page A2
2. A strap that secures or guides the movement of the head.
   • The patient was first laid upon the inclined plane on the 23rd of October, having gentle extension made upon the vertebræ; a headstrap being placed under the chin, and the cord over the pulley, with the necessary extension at the feet, as particularly explained in my work on Curvatures of the...1841 June 5, “Injury of the Cervical Vertebræ”, in Provincial Medical & Surgical Journal, volume II, number 36, London, page 191
   • Back to machine, stand erect, headstrap around forehead, Bow the head till chin touches chest, stooping a little forward at the same time.1900, Edward Hitchcock, H. H. Seelye, P. C. Phillips, An Anthropometric Manual, page 34
3. The strap on a bridle that runs over the top of the horse's head and along the length of both sides of the horse's head.
   • Into this meadow, Roxana, wholly destitute of clothing, was led by Chifney, with a bridle of orange silk, ornamented at each side of the headstrap with a bow of the same colour.1845, Eugène Sue, The Godolphin Arabian; or, The History of a Thorough-Bred, London: Chapman and Elcoate, page 91
   • Cut the noseband (which is to be quite plain, no stitching except the sewing on of chapes and headstrap) 2ft. 5½ins x 1¼ ins, […]1898, Saddlery and Harness - Volume 7, page 35