dishelm

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ helm

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlm

Verb

dishelm (third-person singular simple present dishelms, present participle dishelming, simple past and past participle dishelmed)

1. (poetic, transitive) To deprive of a helmet.
   • 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:

     Lying stark, dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale.

Related terms

• behelm
• unhelm

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dishelm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)