pith helmet

noun

1. a hat made of dried pith or cork covered with cloth, worn in the tropics.

pith helmet

noun

1. a lightweight hat made of pith that protects the wearer from the sun Also calledtopeetopi

Word History and Origins

Origin of pith helmet¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Dusty bowlers hustled it with heather coloured caps and top hats; one even bore a pith helmet and a clerical atrocity.

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She looked cool and workman-like in a linen habit and white pith helmet—Norah's Christmas present.

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He has also groaned much at the idea of substituting this futile head-gear for his hideous but convenient pith helmet.

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A serviceable pith helmet barely overhung the protrusive goggles.

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This reduced the residuum to sixteen, whose names were written on slips of paper, thrown into a pith helmet, and tumbled together.

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