puggree

puggree

English

Alternative forms

• puggry

Etymology

From Hindi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌɡɹiː/

Noun

puggree (plural puggrees)

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