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beard net en · NOUN

Etymology

By analogy with hairnet.

Meanings

  1. A net designed to keep beard hair out of the way.
    • Got to put a hair net and a beard net on before you set foot in the clean zone, bro. 2015, Casey Gray, Discount: A Novel:
    • There was a strict dress code: no shoes, a lab coat and a hairnet—beard nets were also provided. 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 223:
    • He wears a beard net, which I always have problem with. 2011, Ellah Etemadi, The Linguist, page The Linguist:

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