havelock

English - Turkish

Definition of havelock in English Turkish dictionary

{i} şapkaya takılan örtü

(isim) şapkaya takılan örtü

English - English

Definition of havelock in English English dictionary

A cap incorporating a cloth hanging down the sides and back, to protect the ears and neck; often created ad hoc by placing a kerchief on the head and holding it in place with a cap

The cloth that hangs from the back of a hat to protect the wearer's neck

A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke

a cloth covering for a service cap with a flap extending over the back of the neck to protect the neck from direct rays of the sun

{i} cloth addition on a hat that provides additional protection from the sun (especially to the neck)

Related Terms

Havelock Ellis

born Feb. 2, 1859, Croydon, Surrey, Eng. died July 8, 1939, Washbrook, Suffolk British sexuality researcher. A medical doctor, he gave up his practice to devote himself to scientific and literary work. His major work, the seven-volume Studies in the Psychology of Sex (1897-1928), was a comprehensive, groundbreaking encyclopaedia of human sexual biology, behaviour, and attitudes whose topics included homosexuality, masturbation, and the physiology of sexual behaviour. Sale of the first volume led to a trial when the salesman was arrested on obscenity charges; the later volumes had to be published in the U.S. and were legally available only to the medical profession until 1935. Ellis viewed sexual activity as a natural expression of love and sought to dispel the widespread fear and ignorance surrounding it. He was also known as a champion of women's rights

Henry Havelock Ellis

born Feb. 2, 1859, Croydon, Surrey, Eng. died July 8, 1939, Washbrook, Suffolk British sexuality researcher. A medical doctor, he gave up his practice to devote himself to scientific and literary work. His major work, the seven-volume Studies in the Psychology of Sex (1897-1928), was a comprehensive, groundbreaking encyclopaedia of human sexual biology, behaviour, and attitudes whose topics included homosexuality, masturbation, and the physiology of sexual behaviour. Sale of the first volume led to a trial when the salesman was arrested on obscenity charges; the later volumes had to be published in the U.S. and were legally available only to the medical profession until 1935. Ellis viewed sexual activity as a natural expression of love and sought to dispel the widespread fear and ignorance surrounding it. He was also known as a champion of women's rights

Hyphenation

have·lock

Turkish pronunciation

hävläk

Pronunciation

/ˈhavˌläk/ /ˈhævˌlɑːk/

Etymology

() Eponym, from Sir