[
UK
/hˈɛlmɪt/
]
[ US /ˈhɛɫmət/ ]
[ US /ˈhɛɫmət/ ]
NOUN
- a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows
- armor plate that protects the head
How To Use helmet In A Sentence
- A samurai warrior, before going into battle, would burn incense in his helmet so that if an enemy took his head he would at least offer his beheader a pleasant aroma. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
- Enforcers in full-face helmets were everywhere, striding through the crowd with arrogance born of unchallenged supremacy.
- Before one embarks on this high flying experience, the organisers supply a crash helmet, and a safety waist belt which is securely tied with a long and strong rope to the huge multi-coloured parasail.
- Helmeted police fired dozens of rounds of tear gas and kicked and clubbed unarmed protesters — one of whom cowered on the ground, covering his face. Tunisian leader flees amid protests; PM takes over
- I had given my replacement my helmet, and I sat on the bench seat deaf and dumb.
- They're either putting itchy cream in your jock or Vaseline in your helmet or baby powder inside your clothes.
- I had given my replacement my helmet, and I sat on the bench seat deaf and dumb.
- This embossed, etched, and gilded steel close helmet is attributed to German armourer Kolman Helmschmid. Would This 16th Century Helmet Terrify a Jousting Opponent?
- Another man came from behind me and removed his richly plumed helmet.
- Manned Orbiting Laboratory gloves with sharkskin palms and sewn-in steel fingernails, so nimble that an astronaut could pick up a dime while wearing them, even when they were pressurized; long johns laced with plastic pipes, to water-cool the wearer; and box after box of headgear, including Armstrong's gold-visored external helmet, once thought to have been left on the moon. The Seattle Times