单词 | pickelhaube |
释义 | pickelhauben. Now historical. A German spiked helmet of a type worn esp. before and during the earlier part of the First World War (1914–18). Also in extended use (by metonymy): a German soldier. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > helmet > [noun] > other types of helmet kettle-hat1380 salletc1440 knapscall1498 armet1507 bonnet?a1513 morion1547 burgonet1570 heaume1572 Bourguignonne1578 castle1587 casquet1611 cabasset1622 casquetel1796 knapscapa1802 comb-cap1825 tilting-helmet1846 pickelhaube1853 Waterloo helmet1853 bell-shape1869 schapska1894 pudding basin1925 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > German Hessian1729 Kraut1862 Fritz1887 Heinie1904 Fritzie1915 strafer1915 Jerry1916 pickelhaube1931 feldgrau1934 Ted1947 1853 Times 27 May 6/3 The Emperor and the King of Prussia..at once exchanged ‘Pickelhaube’ and ‘Czako’ for the common military cap. 1871 C. G. Leland Hans Breitmann's Ballads 26 Vot for his eyes like saucers Grow pigger, rimmed mit staub? Vot for his hair, a pristlin, Lift oop his pickel-haub? 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 596/2 The [Prussian] uniform is a dark blue tunic, grey trousers with red stripe, helmet of black leather with brass ornaments and spike (Pickelhaube). 1890 Times (Weekly ed.) 28 Feb. 16/1 A dragoon regiment with pickelhaube helmet. 1931 E. Linklater Juan in Amer. ii. xvii. 181 Prussian wombs bore pickel~haubes. 1976 Leicester Chron. 26 Nov. 14/5 The first distinctive German steel helmets were introduced in 1916 as a replacement for the pickelhaube, and other armies quickly followed suit. 1989 Daily Tel. 9 Nov. 20/6 Highland troops twirled their kilts as well as their pipes to instil fear into the opposition. Prussian boots and pickelhaubes took their toll. 2001 Collect It! Jan. 22/2 The piece of kit most closely associated with the German Army is the spiked helmet, or ‘pickelhauber’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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