"pith helmet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pith helmets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pith helmet (plural pith helmets)
  1. A lightweight helmet-shaped hat made of the pith of the sola or shola (Indian spongewood) plant covered with white cotton and faced with green cloth. Synonyms: topee, sola topi, solar topee
    Sense id: en-pith_helmet-en-noun-fyFgZicV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Headwear Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Headwear: 59 41
  2. A hat of similar appearance, but made of different materials.¨
    Sense id: en-pith_helmet-en-noun-n5VKf0w1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (type of hat): 木髓帽 (mùsuǐmào) (Chinese Mandarin), hellekypärä (Finnish), casque colonial [masculine] (French), salacot [masculine] (French), Tropenhelm [masculine] (German), קַסְדַּת שֶׁעִם (kasdá shá'am) [masculine] (Hebrew), про́бковый шле́м (próbkovyj šlém) [masculine] (Russian), tropikhjälm [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'type of hat': 46 54

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