sola topi
English
Etymology
From the shola or sola plant (Aeschynomene aspera)—whose pith is used—and topi or tope, Hindi for "hat", popularised by the British colonials who wore them while inspecting farms or travelling.
Noun
sola topi
- A pith helmet
- 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin, OCLC 17841394, page 96:
- In some Charles appeared, in shorts and sola topi, flanked by robed, shock-headed men of intense blackness.
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