helmlet
helmlet noun: a helmet that covers the face; a small helm.
Noun
helmlet (plural helmlets)
- A helmet that covers the face; a small helm.
- Goggles laid down his pen gently, and elevated the spectacles from his nose till they rested on his forehead, as a knight of old would throw up the visor of his helmlet– 't was a trick he had, when he was about saying or doing anything emphatic – a symbolical intimation that he was going to use...1856 April, “Balancing the Books”, in Littell's Living Age, volume 49, number 621, page 149
- When the wife of a great prince, whose husband was absent at the siege of Troy, was urged by her friends to put on her royal robes and be cheerful, she answered: “My husband is under the walls of Troy; shall I adorn my hair while he wears a helmlet?1868, Frank Moore, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events
Forms of helmlet
| plural | helmlets |
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Origin of helmlet
From helm + -let.
Questions about helmlet
- What does helmlet mean?
- Helmlet means a helmet that covers the face; a small helm.
- What part of speech is helmlet?
- Helmlet is a noun.
- What is the plural of helmlet?
- The plural of helmlet is helmlets.
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