havelock
noun
a cap cover with a flap hanging over the back of the neck, for protection from the sun.
havelock
1 American
[hav-lok]
/ ˈhæv lɒk /
noun
Havelock
2
American
[hav-lok, -luhk]
/ ˈhæv lɒk, -lək /
noun
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a town in SE North Carolina.
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a male given name.
havelock
British
/ ˈhævlɒk /
noun
Etymology
Origin of havelock
1860–65, named after Sir Henry Havelock (1795–1857), English general in India
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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
I see him walking about Piccadilly in his green havelock almost every day.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph
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.
The stranger stepped, dripping, into the hall, a tall, straight figure, booted and spurred, and enveloped in waterproof jacket, trousers, and havelock.
From Virgie's Inheritance by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
After all these years, I still sometimes think about the day I hopped on the ferry to go to Havelock.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
That was also the reason why, on 26 December 2004, we never made it to Havelock.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
Inspired by the story of John Addington Symonds and Havelock Ellis, two British scholars of homosexuality in a deeply homophobic Victorian era, Crewe’s debut is by turns lusty, elegant and deeply informed by history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Mr. Tyson badly strained his voice in 2006 at the Havelock Country Jamboree in Ontario, and a virus a year later caused further and irreversible damage.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
She told me that it was a cap that has a flap of cloth attached to cover the neck, named after Sir Henry Havelock, the man who invented it.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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