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A balaclava, also called a ski mask, is a form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face, usually the eyes and mouth. Depending on style and how it is worn, only the eyes, mouth and nose, or just the front of the face are unprotected.
I have been told that the "big round hole" one is a balaclava, while a ski mask has separate holes for each eye, but there doesn't seem to be a difference in popular usage. I added a reference to outdoor sports activities because that is how I initially heard of a balaclava.
Sometimes only the eyes or eyes and mouth are visible. Also known as a ski mask. [4] Balmoral bonnet: Traditional Scottish bonnet or cap worn with Scottish Highland dress. [5] Barretina: A floppy fabric pull-on hat, usually worn with its top flopped down. In red, it is now used as a symbol of Catalan identity. [6] Baseball cap
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Ski Mask may refer to: Balaclava (clothing), also known as a ski mask; Ski Mask the Slump God (born 1996), American rapper and songwriter; Ski Mask, 2013 album by ...
A mask [is] a thing that in former times Gentlewomen used to put over their Faces when they travel to keep them from Sun burning... the Visard Mask, which covers the whole face, having holes for the eyes, a case for the nose, and a slit for the mouth, and to speak through; this kind of Mask is taken off and put in a moment of time, being only ...
Worn with a sallet to cover the jaw and throat (extending somewhat down the sternum). May also cover the back of the neck if worn with a bassinet rather than a sallet. May be solid or made of lames. Sometimes worn with a gorget. Gorget: Steel collar to protect the neck and cover the neck opening in a complete cuirass.
Their masks were often masterpieces of carving, sometimes with movable jaws, with the parts sometimes moved by pulling cords, or a mask within a mask to represent a magical transformation. The carving of masks was an important feature of woodcraft, along with many other features that often combined the utilitarian with the symbolic, such as ...