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Pith helmet   /pɪθ hˈɛlmət/   Listen
Pith helmet

noun
1.
A lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun.  Synonyms: pith hat, sun helmet, topee, topi.






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"Pith helmet" Quotes from Famous Books



... there be a revival in the silk-hat industry by all means, but there must be no imposition of any one kind of hat on the public. The individual must be allowed perfect freedom to wear what he liked. (Hear, hear!) He personally hoped never to be seen either in a pith helmet or a Tam-o'-shanter, but if the whim took him to wear either—or indeed both—he claimed the right to do so. (Loud cheers.) Meanwhile he should ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 18, 1919 • Various

... passengers have throats of brass like the statues of Siva. In India, during the winter season, there is a wide variation in the temperature, sometimes as much as thirty or forty degrees. At night you will need a couple of thick blankets; at noonday it is necessary to wear a pith helmet or carry an umbrella to protect the head from the sun, and as people do their traveling in the dry season chiefly, the dust is dreadful. Everything in the car wears a soft gray coating before the train has been in ...
— Modern India • William Eleroy Curtis



Words linked to "Pith helmet" :   topee, pith hat, sunhat, sun hat, topi, sun helmet



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