"falseface" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: falsefaces [plural]
Etymology: From false + face. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|false|face}} false + face Head templates: {{en-noun}} falseface (plural falsefaces)
  1. A mask covering the face.
    Sense id: en-falseface-en-noun-I-oOvb54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1852, State Cabinet of Natural History (N.Y.), University of the State of New York. Board of Regents, Annual report of the Regents of the University\nEach one wore a mask or falseface, a tattered blanket over his shoulders, and carried a turtle shell rattle in his hand."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1904, John Wesley Powell, Matthew Williams Stirling, Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report, page 471:",
          "text": "When the 'Hlem'mosona and the warrior reach the ceremonial chamber, the latter, who is a very aged man, dons a queer-looking mask, entirely unlike those worn by the personators of the gods but similar to our common falseface.",
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        "A mask covering the face."
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    }
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