topee

American  

[toh-pee, toh-pee] / toʊˈpi, ˈtoʊ pi /

Or topi

noun

1. (in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.

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topee British  

/ -pɪ, ˈtəʊpiː /

noun

1. another name for pith helmet

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Etymology

Origin of topee

First recorded in 1825–35, topee is from the Hindi word ṭopī hat

Example Sentences

He laid his topee carefully on a palm stump so the slipstream wouldn't blow it off and climbed up on the wing beside my cockpit.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had on a white topee, and was accompanied by three or four men dressed like him in shorts.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Ten minutes later the housekeeper might have been seen, in a huge mushroom topee and with a large white umbrella, crossing the compound in the direction of the camping-ground chosen by Alderbury's driver and servant.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

He was dressed in white from top to toe, carried a big umbrella, and wore a broad-brimmed solar topee upon his head.

From The Beautiful White Devil by Boothby, Guy Newell

While he was gone I thought I would take a stroll down town and find out what was doing, so, donning my solar topee, I lit a cigar and set off.

From A Crime of the Under-seas by Boothby, Guy Newell