helmet
A motorcycle helmet
Meanings
Noun
- A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
- That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
Verb
- To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.
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Origin
- From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word.
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