head restraint
noun
: a resilient pad at the top of the back of an automobile seat especially for preventing whiplash
Examples of head restraint in a Sentence
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Dealers will inspect and replace the second-row outboard seat head restraint guide sleeves, as necessary, free of charge.
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
The front-row driver and passenger seat power head restraint cushion may detach from the head restraint assembly when adjusted to the full forward position.
—Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022
Vehicle safety tests evaluate protection on the driver side and passenger side, roof strength and head restraint.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2021
To qualify for the former designation in 2018, a model needed to earn good ratings in the Institute’s driver-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
Active front head restraints move up and slightly forward during a rear-end collision to reduce the risk of whiplash.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2020
The red Corvette convertible comes with a matching red interior, tinted glass, AM/FM radio, posi-traction, head restraints, audio alarm system, full transistor ignition, auxiliary black vinyl hardtop and luggage rack.
—Lorraine Longhi, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2020
Using a makeshift metal head restraint built by prison craftsmen, the DOC implanted electrodes in the brains of three prisoners, destroying their amygdalae.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2019
The center seat has a head restraint that can be lowered when not needed.
—Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 July 2018
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Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
The front-row driver and passenger seat power head restraint cushion may detach from the head restraint assembly when adjusted to the full forward position.
—Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022
Vehicle safety tests evaluate protection on the driver side and passenger side, roof strength and head restraint.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2021
To qualify for the former designation in 2018, a model needed to earn good ratings in the Institute’s driver-side small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
Active front head restraints move up and slightly forward during a rear-end collision to reduce the risk of whiplash.
—Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2020
The red Corvette convertible comes with a matching red interior, tinted glass, AM/FM radio, posi-traction, head restraints, audio alarm system, full transistor ignition, auxiliary black vinyl hardtop and luggage rack.
—Lorraine Longhi, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2020
Using a makeshift metal head restraint built by prison craftsmen, the DOC implanted electrodes in the brains of three prisoners, destroying their amygdalae.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2019
The center seat has a head restraint that can be lowered when not needed.
—Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 July 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above
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“Head restraint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20restraint. Accessed 7 Dec. 2023.
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