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steel ˈhelmet
[f. steel n.1 + helmet n.]
1. A helmet made of steel (or other metal), worn as a form of protection in conditions of war.
1916R. Asquith Let. 23 May (1980) iv. 263 One fearful addition to the honours of War since I have been away is the steel helmet which we all have to wear now, when in the shell area. 1940War Illustr. 5 Jan. 563/1 It was not until February 1916 that the first steel helmets were issued to the British troops in the last war, but in this war they are an essential part not only of the soldiers' equipment but of that of the police, the A.F.S. and A.R.P. workers. 1978A. Price '44 Vintage v. 52 Knitted cap-comforters instead of berets or steel helmets.
2. (With capital initials.) [tr. G. stahlhelm.] An organization, founded in 1918 by F. Seldte, of German ex-service men (and others, from 1924) drawn mainly from the Nationalist Party and having a strong conservative bias; a member of this.
The organization was dissolved in 1935, and refounded under the Federal Republic in 1951.
1925Spectator 28 Mar. 487/1 How could he really fail to stand for monarchy when he is championed by such societies as the ‘Steel Helmet League’ and the ‘Front Fighters’? 1926Times 25 May 14/3 The Nationalist ‘Steel Helmet’ organization. Ibid., Most of the ‘Steel Helmets’ wore iron crosses. 1932H. R. Knickerbocker Germany —Fascist or Soviet? 137 The four militant organizations are the Republican Reichsbanner, the National Socialist Storm Troops, the Conservative Steel Helmets, and the Communist Red Front. 1933E. A. Mowrer Germany puts Clock Back 94 The Steel Helmet, or Confederation of Front-line Soldiers, the most respectable of the private armies, was founded on Christmas Day, 1918. 1983C. McCarry Last Supper 32 A Steel Helmet, wearing two Iron Crosses on his civilian jacket..seized the weedy young man.
Hence steel-ˈhelmeted a., wearing a steel helmet.
1926British Worker 10 May 1/3 Thus all the display of steel-helmeted troops, all the tearing about of motor-cars filled with special constables..have failed of their object. 1977N. Sahgal Situation in New Delhi xvi. 159 One of the students informed him it was the police or perhaps the army—many were steel-helmeted and the boy could not tell. |