Usually means: Tropical, colonial-era sun helmet.
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  1. pith helmet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pith helmet: Merriam-Webster
  3. pith helmet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pith helmet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pith helmet: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pith helmet: Vocabulary.com
  7. pith helmet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pith helmet: Wiktionary
  9. pith helmet: Dictionary.com
  10. Pith Helmet, Pith helmet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. pith helmet: Rhymezone
  12. pith helmet: FreeDictionary.org
  13. pith helmet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Pith Helmet: The Word Detective
  15. pith helmet: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pith helmet: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pith Helmet: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pith_helmets as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pith helmet)

noun:  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.
noun:  A hat of similar appearance, but made of different materials.

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