English

Alternative spellings
puggry

Etymology
From Hindi.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p�gɹi�/

Noun
en-noun

1. 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)
#: Hand-wrapped puggaree hat-band. Ideal for gardening, hiking or exploring forgotten tombs. -- commercial site with illustration

See also
turban

ru:puggree
vi:puggree
zh:puggree

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