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Definition of Gas helmet
1. Noun. A protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gas Helmet
Literary usage of Gas helmet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Over the Top" by Arthur Guy Empey (1917)
"Gas travels quickly, so you must not lose any time; you generally have about
eighteen or twenty seconds in which to adjust your gas helmet. A gas helmet is ..."
2. Tales from a Dugout by Arthur Guy Empey (1918)
"Upon the sound of the alarm, by striking on the gong with the striker, every man
is supposed to put on his gas helmet and repair immediately to his proper ..."
3. Gentlemen at Arms by John Hartman Morgan (1918)
"So the first soldier he met he stopped, took his gas helmet, and slung it over
his arm. And the next moment whom should he meet but one of our subs without ..."
4. First Call: Guide Posts to Berlin by Arthur Guy Empey (1918)
"A few "Don'ts" in reference to gas helmets: If you lose your gas helmet, ...
Don't expose your gas helmet to the air, because the chemical quickly ..."
5. "Nothing of Importance,": Eight Months at the Front with a Welsh Battalion by John Bernard Pye Adams (1918)
"Instinctively I felt for my gas helmet. Meanwhile Dixon had gone outside. ...
Nicolson appeared in a gas helmet. I was looking for my pipe, but could not ..."
6. "Nothing of Importance,": Eight Months at the Front with a Welsh Battalion by John Bernard Pye Adams (1918)
"Instinctively I felt for my gas helmet. Meanwhile Dixon had gone outside. ...
Nicolson appeared in a gas helmet. I was looking for my pipe, but could not ..."
7. Poems of the War and the Peace by Sterling Andrus Leonard (1921)
"Yes, damn it, and gas helmet first.' So Joe stood dumb to attention, and wondered
why he'd been cursed." The gashed heads turned to the Rifleman, ..."
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