be-helmeted

See also: behelmeted

English

Adjective

be-helmeted (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of behelmeted
   • 1997 August 13, “From silent might to ghastly guzzling”, in Evening Standard, London, page 51:

     I’VE had a mixed motoring week which will at once endear me to the growing legions of Greenies — and bring their wrath down on my be-helmeted head.

   • 2003 March 21, P.J. Corkery, “It’s Friday … yesss!”, in The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Calif., page 3:

     A tourist who had somehow wandered into the Civic Center from the Tenderloin saw the be-helmeted, truncheon-toting SWAT squad posted in front of the museum and said, “This is a city that protects its culture.”

   • 2014 June 6, Joe Queenan, “What Others Are Saying”, in Chicago Tribune, 166th year, number 157, Chicago, Ill., page 20:

     The photo of Michael Dukakis be-helmeted in the tank would pass into history.