helmet
noun
any of various forms of protective head covering worn by soldiers, firefighters, divers, cyclists, etc.
Example Sentences
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“Gen X: We straight up raised ourselves,” reads the caption on one popular internet meme, a photo of an unhelmeted child on a rickety-looking bicycle popping a wheelie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Sports equipment designed to make football safer encouraged more reckless moves and ended up making the sport more dangerous than unpadded, unhelmeted rugby.
From Time Magazine Archive
Grenadier guardsmen, unarmed and unhelmeted, stood by with ambulances.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the threshold, unhelmeted, stood the knight whose long surcoat was covered with the white eagles of Este.
From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 by Various
One man has no lance, another is unhelmeted, many have left their harness behind with the baggage!”
From A Monk of Fife by Lang, Andrew
