hard hat

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a hat made of a hard material for protection, worn esp by construction workers, equestrians, etc

2. (Building) informal chiefly US and Canadian a construction worker

adj

informal chiefly US characteristic of the presumed conservative attitudes and prejudices typified by construction workers

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

hard′ hat`

or hard′hat`,

1. a protective helmet of metal or plastic, esp. as worn by construction or factory workers.

2. a construction worker, esp. a member of a construction workers' union.

3. Informal. a working-class conservative.

[1960–65]

hard′-hat`, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	hard hat - a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. construction worker artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
	2.	hard hat - a lightweight protective helmet (plastic or metal) worn by construction workers safety hat, tin hat helmet - a protective headgear made of hard material to resist blows

Translations

casco protettivo

hard hat

n (for worker) → casco; (for horse rider) → cap m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hard hat

n casco (protector)

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With troubled eyes he looked for his round, hard hat, and put it on his round head.

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