dishelm

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ helm.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlm

Verb

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

1. (poetic, ambitransitive) 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

References

• “dishelm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• misheld