defensive gear

Body protection supplies

Defensive gear is equipment worn for protection—helmets, pads, armor, shields, or similar items that guard against injury or attack.

The term spans contexts from football defensive gear like shoulder pads and helmets to military applications body armor and other defensive gear.

In gaming, defensive gear refers to armor and accessories that boost a character's protection stats.

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combat function

defensive gearweaponry

Military equipment collectively

armaments · weapons · arms · assault weapons · firearms

protection level

defensive gearexposed skin

nakedness · vulnerability · plain clothes · streetwear

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G