to·pee

(tō-pē′, tō′pē)

Variant of topi¹.

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topee

(ˈtəʊpiː; -pɪ) or

topi

n, pl -pees or -pis

(Clothing & Fashion) another name for pith helmet

[C19: from Hindi topī hat]

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to•pi¹

or to•pee

(toʊˈpi, ˈtoʊ pi)

n., pl. -pis or -pees.

(in India) a pith helmet.

[1825–35; < Hindi ṭopī hat]

to•pi²

(ˈtoʊ pi)

n., pl. -pis.

an antelope, Damaliscus lunatus, of E central Africa, having bluish black and yellow markings.

[1905–10; perhaps < Swahili]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

topee - a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun

pith hat, pith helmet, sun helmet, topi

sun hat, sunhat - a hat with a broad brim that protects the face from direct exposure to the sun

Translations

قُبَّعَةٌ من الفَلّين

Tropenhelm

sólhjálmur

tropu cepure

solhjelm tropehjelm

遮阳帽

topee

[ˈtəʊpiː] N → salacot m

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topee

n → Tropenhelm m

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topi,

topee

(ˈtəupi) , ((American) touˈpi:) noun

a helmet-like hat worn in hot countries as protection against the sun.

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This was a reverse of the supreme result, with Mr Clare's Holstein leader Hawkmoor Topee 92 tapped out as reserve.

Ewe changes hands but Anglesey result remains the same

The soldier home on leave from the Far East, would take to Hobson-Jobson, waiting for his tiffin, as he placed his solah topee on the table while his friend, poured the tea and acted as char wallah.

Language is a living thing; Views of the North

The first is Gustav Bauernfeind's A Street Scene, Damascus, in which he painted himself in a solar topee, trying to sketch, but drawing bothersome attention from passersby.

Mosaic: the Orientalist connector

Instead, he indulges in descriptions of imagined scenarios and has frequent recourse to sentence constructions along the lines of the following, purportedly describing Spencer standing on the cliffs above Lameroo Beach, surveying the site of his projected Aboriginal compound: 'He would have carried a cane and worn a tropical topee'.

Stephen Gray, The Protectors: A Journey though Whitefella Past

She would service her Leopard Moth plane wearing shorts in summer and overalls in winter along with a topee which she claimed was the most practical headgear to wear in the heat.

Fashion Takes Flight: Amy Johnson, Schiaparelli and Australian Modernism

John Peel, the British Resident of Brunei, immaculate in a white suit and topee, as befitted an able young representative of the old British Raj which is gradually disappearing from the East.

"The little sultan": Ahmad Tajuddin II of Brunei, Gerard MacBryan, and Malcolm Macdonald'

street with all its characters (the live Topee becomes the fictional

V.S. Naipaul: childhood and memory

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