Masque

Mask. Cover. Screen. Cover from view (see couvert). Hasty earth cover for infantryman lying down. Shield (of casemated and open-deck guns; also of shielded naval guns adapted for land service, and of coast guns, but not of the thin shields of field and siege guns which are “ boucliers.”” Hood (of barbette), e ee Fencing mask. Gas mask. Rubber face-piece of range-finder. Sheeting or shield at the head of a mine gallery, used to prevent soil falling in when ground is bad.—Masque de téte de sape. Sap, roller, head parapet of sap.—Masque contre le gaz. Gas mask.—Masque M2 (T.N.H.). Types of gas mask.— Masque d’éponge. Old form of respirator used by miners. [p.360]