(n.) A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver.
(n.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form.
(n.) A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun.
(n.) That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
(n.) The upper part of a retort.
(n.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
(n.) A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
Example Sentences:
(1) It follows that he would not allow a biker to give evidence while wearing a crash helmet with the visor down.
(2) The design of motor cycle helmets has been changing over the years and at the present time there are two basic types in popular use: "full-face" and "jet" helmets.
(3) Ultimately, we hope such a program will increase helmet use and consequently reduce morbidity and mortality from head injury in Indiana's children.
(4) The study showed surprising results: in the majority of cases, the helmet does not protect the wearer, but instead intensifies the damage caused by the bullet.
(5) 9.18am GMT Johnson says he does not wear his helmet all the time when he cycles.
(6) The front door is open; outside, a line of police carrying riot helmets files past.
(7) Fifty-seven percent of riders were wearing helmets during the mishap.
(8) The protective performance of the helmet shells, impact absorbing liners, and retention systems were evaluated, and the severity of the impacts sustained by the helmets was simulated in the test laboratory.
(9) Members of the elite police squad wearing helmets came running out of the building and a police union representative at the cordon around the area shouted: "He's dead, he's dead."
(10) Ten subjects took part in the trial in a tropical environment by wearing helmets repeatedly (6 h a day) for one month.
(11) Here's one entry: 1995: The government is full of jack-booted thugs in bucket helmets.
(12) The analysis of the results allowed a conclusion that the latter are concerned with a discoupling effect of substances on oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria of helmets and their host.
(13) To better understand motion in the cervical spine related to helmet wearing and removal, normal volunteers underwent videotaped fluoroscopy during helmet removal and lateral spine X-rays in various positions.
(14) We describe the mechanics of a multifaceted campaign undertaken to alter this situation, involving a coalition of health, bicycle, and helmet industry organizations.
(15) Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, wearing a red helmet, during a tour of the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
(16) This article presents 1990 self-reported data from U.S. students in grades 9-12 regarding the prevalence of three behaviors that reduce the risk for injuries from motor-vehicle crashes-safety-belt use, motorcycle-helmet use, and bicycle-helmet use.
(17) The helmet usage was analyzed in two clinical study populations including 200 injured from the county of Västerbotten from two periods 1979-1980 and 1985-86.
(18) These data support the need for both increased public education regarding helmet use and mandatory helmet use legislation.
(19) The relative frequency of serious head injury was highest for drivers not wearing helmets who were involved in collisions at low or high speeds.
(20) Women's lacrosse is potentially hazardous because, unlike men's lacrosse, helmets and face masks are not required.
Panache
Definition:
(n.) A plume or bunch of feathers, esp. such a bunch worn on the helmet; any military plume, or ornamental group of feathers.
Example Sentences:
(1) The London Olympics delivered its undeniable panache by throwing a large amount of money at a small number of people who were set a simple goal.
(2) There is a certain degree of swagger, a sudden interruption of panache, as Alan Moore enters the rather sterile Waterstones office where he has agreed to speak to me.
(3) Hodgson’s team attracted a certain amount of sympathy and understanding after the Italy defeat but it was beyond them to play with the same attacking panache and, if there is to be a feat of escapology, it will need an almost implausible combination of results and handouts in the final games of Group D. More realistically, they have blown it in their first week.
(4) A week that began with faith in David Moyes disappearing at an alarming rate has ended with United looking more like their old selves, the inclusion of Juan Mata and Shinji Kagawa allowing them to play with a panache that has rarely been evident this season.
(5) It’s prepared and served tableside with a huge dose of panache (and potency).
(6) There was panache to the way the visitors responded to Mangala’s loss when their lead had suddenly been rendered fragile, the manner in which the substitutes, James Milner and Frank Lampard, combined for the latter to dispatch his side’s second 10 minutes from time – a precise finish from the edge of the area – a reminder of underlying pedigree.
(7) Tulisa led, and did so with panache and some beautiful gravel.
(8) If panache is too high a bar he really does need some pushback to make this show at all interesting.
(9) To the moral seriousness established by Orwell and others, they added a crisp wit and a panache welcomed by a country emerging from some stark and difficult years.
(10) All of this is delivered with remarkable panache given his relatively recent introduction to the world of stand-up.
(11) The cabinet papers also disclose that the cabinet secretary, Sir Robert Armstrong, personally warned Thatcher that Heseltine, despite his undoubted "zest and panache'', was not the man to save Britain's inner cities arguing he was "distrusted and disliked in the local authority world".
(12) He presided over Brain of Britain with sympathy for the contestants, wit and panache."
(13) Iain broke out of that dichotomy with all the panache of the spaceship exploding from inside another spaceship on the cover of Consider Phlebas, the first of his SF novels to be published, by writing of an expansive, optimistic possible future rooted in the same materialist and evolutionary view of life that had in the past been seen only as a dark background to cosmically futile strivings.
(14) Yet it was only a passing irritation and Alli can be forgiven when he plays this stylishly, with so much energy and panache.
(15) Of course the first lady embraced the offer and, with unprecedented speed and panache, she was endorsed by all Zanu-PF provinces as the next head of the Women’s League to be elected, without contest, at the current congress.
(16) There are campaign photographs of him, emerging from a motorcade in inscrutable shades, that ooze JFK panache.
(17) We now know that this was the key moment, the crucial day, when France forgot all about Cyrano and buried panache.
(18) Alice has all the makings of a long-term classic: a bold, funny and mercifully whimsy-free take on Lewis Carroll, accompanied by the fizzing musical panache of Joby Talbot’s score.
(19) Rentokil did cleaning; G4S did security; Capita did IT; Serco did anything and everything – and its panache in the bidding process meant that it often beat out competition from specialist firms.
(20) England had scored more points against France than ever before, taking their try tally for the tournament to 18 and looking like a team capable of making an impact in the World Cup – combining power up front with pace and panache.