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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a cap that is close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face [syn: balaclava, balaclava helmet]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Balaclava, Crimea, site of a British encampment during the Crimean War Date: 1941 a knit cap for the head and neck — called also balaclava helmet

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (in full Balaclava helmet) a tight woollen garment covering the whole head and neck except for parts of the face, worn orig. by soldiers on active service in the Crimean War. Etymology: Balaclava in the Crimea, the site of a battle in 1854

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(balaclavas) A balaclava is a tight woollen hood that covers every part of your head except your face. N-COUNT