topee

[ toh-pee, toh-pee ]

/ toʊˈpi, ˈtoʊ pi /

(in India) a lightweight helmet or sun hat made from the pith of the sola plant.

Origin of topee

First recorded in 1825–35, topee is from the Hindi word ṭopī hat

Then she went swiftly for her topee and gloves and parasol, and fled from the bungalow.

Jan and Her Job |L. Allen Harker
One morning he had a bullet through his topee and one through a pocket.

The Secrets of a Kuttite |Edward O. Mousley
Yet he reminded her of somebody, but him she had always seen in a topee, out of doors.

Jan and Her Job |L. Allen Harker
I set out yesterday for the hospital to recover a topee, as I heard a British officer had died there.

The Secrets of a Kuttite |Edward O. Mousley

“Let me introduce our friend,” he said, with a quaint little bow, removing his topee as he did so.

With Wolseley to Kumasi |F.S. Brereton

topee

/ (ˈtəʊpiː, -pɪ) /

another name for pith helmet

C19: from Hindi topī hat