fencer's mask

1. 1.

   a face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer's face

   Synonymsfencing mask

   Broaderface mask

Questions about fencer's mask

What does fencer's mask mean?

fencer's mask means "a face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer's face".

What is another word for fencer's mask?

Close synonyms include fencing mask. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fencer's mask a common word?

fencer's mask is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.