Crossword clues for chinstrap
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 A strip of leather or material used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin 2 A form of beard grown under the chin
Wikipedia
Chinstrap may refer to:
- Chinstrap, a strap fixed to a helmet or other headgear which passes beneath the chin and holds the headgear in place
- Chinstrap penguin, a species of penguin with markings resembling a chinstrap
- Chinstrap beard, a type of facial hair that resembles a chinstrap
Usage examples of "chinstrap".
Untying the chinstraps of his baked leather helm Parmenion pulled it clear, running his fingers through his sweat-soaked hair.
Parmenion tied the chinstraps on his helm and swung to watch the gathering men.
I was on my chinstrap after wading through the snow for so many kilometers, but I got lucky.
His head had sunk on his shoulder, his pale countenance, encircled by the chinstrap of his shako, had no longer any expression, the blood oozed out of his mouth.
He tried to bat her hat off, but the chinstrap held, leaving it to hang at her back.
For over twenty months the scores of burnt-out hulls piling up in Adirondack chasms were regarded as either suicides or inexplicable doze-behind-the-wheel-type single-car accidents by NNY State Troopers who had to detach their chinstraps to scratch under their big brown hats over the mysterious sleepiness that seemed to afflict Adirondack motorists at what looked to be high-adrenaline mountaintop passes.