Dictionary

topee en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtəʊ.pi/

Etymology

From Hindi टोपी (ṭopī)/Urdu ٹوپی (ṭōpī).

Meanings

1. A pith helmet.
   • 'Not a drop of perspiration on his face,' Ned had commented, 'and in the tropics now no one wears a topee, except certain regiments, and Peter the Planter's type of topee blows off in anything over a five-knot breeze.' 1979, Dudley Pope, Convoy, published 2001, page 138:
   • There were a few people on the platform, among them two Indian police, and a station oflicial with a white topee. 1968, Paul Scott, “The Day of the Scorpion”, in The Raj Quartet, volume 2, published 1998, page 444:
   • I lent my topee to Camarião, who looked extremely odd in it. 1933, Peter Fleming, Brazilian Adventure: A Quest Into the Heart of the Amazon, published 2011, page 203:

Forms

Relateds

topeewala

Synonyms

solar topee (pith helmet) · sola topee (pith helmet)