Synonyms for helmet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hel-mit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛl mɪt

Définition of helmet

Origin : mid-15c., perhaps a diminutive of Old English helm "protection, covering; crown, helmet" (see helm (n.2)). But Barnhart says from Middle French helmet (Modern French heaume), diminutive of helme "helmet," from the same Germanic source as helm (n.2). "Middle English Dictionary" points to both without making a choice. "Old English helm never became an active term in the standard vocabulary of English." [Barnhart]

noun headgear

Example sentences :

Pericles was usually represented with a helmet, to cover the deformity in his skull.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

A helmet fell from his hands on the floor with a ring of steel.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

He threw the helmet with a clatter on to the table as if it had been the knave's canting head.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

"I know not about that," said John, kicking his helmet up into the air and catching it in his hand.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Even the helmet, that covered him with its invisibility, had vanished!
Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The removal of the helmet for the first tune revealed the man's features.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

For the matter of that, the Prussian helmet makes the fact patent.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

Then he put on the helmet and changed himself into a fierce, ugly dragon.
Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin

His helmet had given way, and rolled to some distance on the plain.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

This black suit had a mask, rolled up and fastened to the helmet.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

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