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• havelock
  havelock

  noun

  a cap cover with a flap hanging over the back of the neck, for protection from the sun.
• Havelock
  Havelock

  noun

  a town in SE North Carolina.

havelock

¹ American  

[hav-lok] / ˈhæv lɒk /

noun

1. a cap cover with a flap hanging over the back of the neck, for protection from the sun.

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Havelock ² American  

[hav-lok, -luhk] / ˈhæv lɒk, -lək /

noun

1. a town in SE North Carolina.

2. a male given name.

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havelock British  

/ ˈhævlɒk /

noun

1. a light-coloured cover for a service cap with a flap extending over the back of the neck to protect the head and neck from the sun

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Etymology

Origin of havelock

1860–65, named after Sir Henry Havelock (1795–1857), English general in India

Example Sentences

Being a little disappointed that she didn’t think I would also know—I didn’t—I asked her what a havelock was.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

Thinking, as he stood with Paul Blecker, leaning over the gate, of how she had brought him a badly-made havelock that morning.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various

He removed his hat and havelock, revealing a grand head covered with waving brown hair, and a handsome face all aglow with intelligence.

From Virgie's Inheritance by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

He is a fine-looking man, with black eyes and hair, set off by a white havelock.

From Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

I see him walking about Piccadilly in his green havelock almost every day. 

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph