gas-masks

Soon the two of us were walking swiftly from the operating theatre, gas-masks firmly in place, the Steyr in the small of the youths back.

Black Butterfly Mark Gatiss 2008

All those characters seem to be wearing some kind of gas-masks. '

San Andreas MacLean, Alistair 1984

Analysis by adsorption is founded on the phenomenon which also serves as a basis for the design of contemporary gas-masks.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1948 - Presentation Speech 1964

We had left Gaza on 7th November in drill clothing, carrying packs, haversacks, and gas-masks.

The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison

Before, however, these Headquarters were reached, a miscellaneous assortment of gas shells landed in the neighbourhood of the trench, and the gas-masks were donned.

The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison

He extracts these painlessly from under last night's salvage dump of tin-hats, gas-masks and deflated underclothes, noses out my jacket, detects my Sam Browne, and in awful silence bears these to the outer air, where he emits, like a whale, the breath which he has been holding for the last ten minutes.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 Various

It was soon discovered, however, that we had far too much luggage, and the packs were dumped next day, and the gas-masks two days later.

The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison

Before the candle had been put out Ruth had seen him pick up two gas-masks, and he carried these as they stumbled along the duckboards toward the next cross trench.

Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier Alice B. Emerson

The uncle said that his nephew had written to them at the time of Munich, and, after a few facetious remarks about gas-masks, had stated soberly that he was certain war was coming, and that if they ever wanted a refuge he was perfectly willing to put them up at his cottage.

The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

And along all the frontiers were barbed wire, machine-guns and prowling sentries, frequently wearing gas-masks.

As I Please 1944