Strictly, the expression face mask is tautological and means "mask", because masks by definition go on the face; but it is sometimes used to mean:
- Respirator
- Among divers, diving mask
- Face mask (gridiron football), the metal grid face protecter on his helmet, and the penalizable foul of grasping it during play
Famous quotes containing the words face and/or mask:
“Dust fanned in scraped puffs from the earth
Between his arms, and blood turned his face inside out,
To demonstrate its suppleness
Of veins, as he perfected his role.”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)
“It appears to me that men are hired to run down men of genius under the mask of translators, but Dante gives too much of Caesar: he is not a republican.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)