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Helmet

//ˈhɛlmɪt// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.

    "Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet."

  2. 2
    a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows wordnet
  3. 3
    A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.; Such a helm when placed above a shield on a coat of arms.
  4. 4
    armor plate that protects the head wordnet
  5. 5
    That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.; The upper part of a chemist's retort.
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  1. 6
    That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.; The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
  2. 7
    That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.; A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
  3. 8
    That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.; The glans penis.
  4. 9
    That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.; The glans penis.; A contemptible or stupid person. broadly, derogatory

    "Jarvo’s a stinky old helmet."

Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with, or as if with, a helmet. transitive

    "There was no nonsense about these women—no hysteria, no top-note emotion. They were not out for smashing windows or helmetting policemen, or blowing up things sky-high."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word.

Etymology 2

From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word.

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