falsefaceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

falseface (複数形 falsefaces)

1. A mask covering the face.
   • 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

     Each one wore a mask or falseface, a tattered blanket over his shoulders, and carried a turtle shell rattle in his hand.

   • 1904, John Wesley Powell, Matthew Williams Stirling, Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Annual report (page 471)

     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.

参照

http://www.npr.org/blogs/theprotojournalist/2014/11/19/365195079/when-thanksgiving-was-weird