puggree (0 synonym found)

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Definition of puggree:

°A strip of cloth wound around the upper portion of a hat or helmet, particularly a pith helmet, and falling down behind to act as a shade for the back of the neck.
"1888: I recognised the eldest Miss Copleigh, because she had a puggree round her helmet, and the younger had not. -- Rudyard Kipling, 'False Dawn', Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 36)"
Definition of puggree:

°A strip of cloth wound around the upper portion of a hat or helmet, particularly a pith helmet, and falling down behind to act as a shade for the back of the neck.
"1888: I recognised the eldest Miss Copleigh, because she had a puggree round her helmet, and the younger had not. -- Rudyard Kipling, 'False Dawn', Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2007, p. 36)"
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