face guard
Shields the features
A face guard is a protective covering worn over the face, typically made of metal bars, wire mesh, or clear plastic.
Athletes wear face guards attached to helmets in sports like football, hockey, and baseball: The catcher adjusted his face guard.
Face guards also appear on industrial helmets and riot gear to shield against impacts or projectiles.
- visorEye-shading brim
- helmetProtective head covering
- football helmetProtective athletic headgear
- maskFace-worn concealment
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
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- armorbody armor, plate armor, chainmail, chain mail, breastplate
- baseball gearbaseball bat, batting helmet, glove, cleats, batting gloves
- eye and face protectionsafety glasses, safety goggles, protective goggles, protective eyewear, welding goggles
- sports gearbasketball, baseball, football, soccer ball, volleyball
- Lacrosselacrosse stick, lacrosse ball, goal, goalie, attack
- helmet partsshell, visor, chin strap, padding, vents
body region protected
face guardshin guard
Lower leg protector
knee pad · elbow pad · chest protector · back protector · hand guard
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