different between headgear vs kolpik

English

Etymology

head +? gear

Noun

headgear (countable and uncountable, plural headgears)

1. (uncountable) Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.
2. The harness that fits on a horse's head.
3. The lifting gear at the head of a mine or deep well.
4. (nautical) The rigging on the foresail.
5. (orthodontics) A type of orthodontic appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting severe bite problems.

Synonyms

• (clothing): headdress, headwear; see also Thesaurus:headwear
• (harness on a horse's head): bridle

Translations

Anagrams

• Heegaard, gear head, gearhead

English

Etymology

From Turkish kalpak. Doublet of calpack.

Noun

kolpik (plural kolpiks)

1. A type of traditional headgear worn in families of many Hasidic rabbis, by unmarried children on Shabbat and by rabbis on special occasions. It is a made from brown fur (as opposed to a spodik, worn by Polish Hasidic dynasties, which is fashioned out of black fur).

See also

• kolpak

References

• Israel, Yosef Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz: Belzer Chassidus, Mesorah Publications: 2005, ?ISBN, page 42 [1]