(often Balaclava or Balaclava helmet) a knitted pull-on hood that covers the ears, neck, and throat
Balaclava helmet in crochet — Queen
named after Balaclava (now usu Balaklava), village in the Crimea, Ukraine, where a battle of the Crimean War was fought on 25 October 1854. Soldiers in the Crimea wore balaclavas to protect them from the bitter winter, but the name is not recorded until the 1880s