helm.
helmet, protective headwear
Meaning & usage
helmet, protective headwear
helmet above a shield
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch helm, from Old Dutch *helm, from Proto-West Germanic *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz. Compare West Frisian helm, Low German Helm, German Helm, Danish hjelm.
a tiller on a vessel's rudder
the handle on a pounder to crush fibers in a paper mill
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch *helm, attested in helmstoc. Akin to English helm.
marram, European beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-West Germanic *helm; cognate with Low German helm, English helm (“bentgrass, straw”). Further related to halm (“haulm”); compare English haulm, halm.
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