Dictionary

chinstrap en · NOUN

Etymology

From chin + strap.

Meanings

1. A strip of leather or material used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin.
   • I immediately spat my mouthpiece out and unbuckled my chinstrap, yanking my helmet off of my head in a determined flash. 2005, Joe Peacock, Mentally Incontinent:
   • A bridle, the chin-strap or chain. 1777, John Richardson, A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English, page 752:
   • Such a deficit was not likely long to escape notice: the regiment was halted in the midst of a manœuvre, and, in the pause that ensued, Nosey demanded, in a grunt of thunder, how, without a chinstrap, I could expect my cap to stick upon my head. 1842, “Waifs of the Waters”, in The Sporting Review:
2. A form of beard that follows the jawline but does not cover the rest of the chin.
3. A band of colour below a bird's mouth, resembling the chinstrap of a helmet.
   • A miniature look-alike of the Canada Goose, with a partial white necklace instead of a white chinstrap. 2003, Roger Tory Peterson, Peter Alden, Birds, page 10:
   • The dark slate-grey plumage contrasting strongly with white 'chinstrap' is shared only by Blue Eared-pheasant, but their ranges do not overlap. 2010, Phil McGowan, Steve Madge, Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse, page 313:

Forms

Deriveds

chinstrapped · chinstrap penguin

Synonyms

chin strip

Translations (18)

fi leukaremmi (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · nl keelband (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · it sottogola (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · ga smigiall (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · io mentonumo (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · tr çene bağı (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · nl kinband (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · ca galtera (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · es barbijo (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · it soggolo (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · ca barballera (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · es barbiquejo (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · ja あごひも (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · nl stormband (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · grc ὀχεύς (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · de Kinnriemen (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · pl pasek pod brodę (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin) · fi leukahihna (strip used to fasten a hat or helmet under the chin)