hel|met

hel|met
hel|met «HEHL miht», noun.
1. a covering to protect the head. Soldiers wear steel helmets; firemen wear leather helmets; football players wear plastic helmets.
2. a piece of armor for the head. Knights wore helmets as part of their armor.
3. anything that resembles a helmet in shape, appearance, or position: »

With his head held high under its heavy black helmet of hair... (Edmund Wilson). A fetching helmet of navy net, which hides every strand of hair on the head (New Yorker).

4. = pith helmet. (Cf. ↑pith helmet)
5. a mask of reinforced wire mesh worn over the head to protect the face in fencing and some other sports.
6. Biology. a galea.
╂[< Old French helmet (diminutive) < helme helm2 < Germanic (compare Old Saxon helm)]
–hel´met|like´, adjective.

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  • helmet — hel•met art at helpmeet [[t]ˈhɛl mɪt[/t]] n. 1) any of various forms of protective, usu. rigid head covering worn by soldiers, firefighters, football players, cyclists, etc 2) her a piece of medieval armor for the head; helm 3) anything… …   From formal English to slang

  • helmet — hel|met [ˈhelmıt] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: helme helmet ] a strong hard hat that soldiers, ↑motorcycle riders, the police etc wear to protect their heads …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • helmeted — hel|met|ed [ˈhelmıtıd] adj wearing a helmet …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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