gas-masked

English

Alternative forms

• gasmasked

Etymology

From gas mask +‎ -ed.

Adjective

gas-masked (not comparable)

1. Wearing a gas mask.
   • 1915 July 13, “Germans Win Bitter Fight Near Souchez”, in The Commercial Appeal, volume XCIV, number 13, Memphis, Tenn., page 3:

     At a timed signal the shelling ceased and the ghostly line of gas-masked Germans sprang forward, firing, lunging and tearing at the parapets on the outer edge of the cemetery.

   • 1971 September 14, “37 Prisoners, Guards Die As Troopers Storm Prison”, in The Charlotte Observer, 86th year, number 173, page 1A:

     A task force of 1,000 gas-masked, ready-to-shoot state troopers and sheriff’s deputies, backed in reserve by 70 truckloads of New York National Guardsmen, liberated 29 other hostages, 25 of whom were injured.

   • 1976 fall, “Production: Interviews with George Pal, Saul David, Michael Anderson, Dale Henessy and L. B. Abbott”, in Cinefantastique, volume 5, number 2, page 16:

     The Sanctuary of the Maibaum screenplay was located in Pittsburgh, where gas-masked children play hopscotch and runners survive under barely liveable conditions.