helmet

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  1. noun A head covering of hard material, such as leather, metal, or plastic, worn by football players, firefighters, construction workers, motorcyclists, and others to protect the head.
  2. noun The headgear with a glass mask worn by deep-sea divers.
  3. noun A pith helmet; a topi.
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  • Under the helmet was a breastplate exactly right for my strange, flat chest, jointed mitts that would fit my hands only, under them, penis sheath, leg guards. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 04-05 - October-November 1999
  • A shared netset where your hands fit the gloves like a skateboard fits a blimp hangar and you were lucky if the only thing you caught from the helmet was a fierce case of dandruff. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 04 - April 1997
  • At the base of the helmet was a metal lug to which was fastened one of the radio leads. —  SF Quarterly
  • He could hardly have known that the helmet was a form of shatterproof glass In the next moment, machine-gun bullets whined a death dirge as they ripped through the length of the plane. —  085 - The Spotted Men
  • The helmet was a product of Doc's inventive genius, its composition vaguely akin to the common cellophane Inside the helmet was a receiver and microphone, these being connected to a tiny radio transmitter that was attached--to a stout tool jacket which Doc now donned. —  020 - Death In Silver
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of helme, of Germanic origin; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Dutch helmet, from Old French *helmet, etmet, healmet, heaumet, hiaumet. diminutive of heaume, etc., English helm = Dutch helm, etc.: see helm.
 

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