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Definition helmet

Etymology

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. Used in English since the 15th century, it has gradually displaced Old English helm as the general word.

Noun

helmet (plural helmets)

1. A protective head covering, usually part of armour.
2. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
   1. The upper part of a chemist's retort.
   2. The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
   3. A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
   4. (heraldry) The feature above a shield on a coat of arms.
   5. The glans penis.

Verb

helmet (third-person singular simple present helmets, present participle helmeting, simple past and past participle helmeted)

1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.

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