flying helmet en · NOUN
Meanings
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A leather head covering with earflaps used by early aviators.
This is another area in which it's hard to tell the dude from the twitcher, as ratting caps and deerstalkers, flying helmets and even toppers are considered acceptably eccentric.
1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 61:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flying helmets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |