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Webster 1913 Edition

(hăv′ē̍-lŏk)

Noun.

[From

Havelock

, an English general distinguished in India in the rebellion of 1857.]

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

See also: havelock

Havelock

See also: Havelock

havelock ‎(plural havelocks)

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.