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

You will carry a topee in your kit for open spaces.”

From With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)

Now let me advise you about your topee.

From Jan and Her Job by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)

Besides masses of bedding there is a deck-chair, a typewriter, a case for a topee, or helmet, a gun-case, two portmanteaus, and a box of books, as well as a lunch-basket.

From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)