havelock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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

WordNet

Hav"e*lock noun
Etymology
From Havelock, an English general distinguished in India in the rebellion of 1857.
Definitions
  1. A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.

Webster 1913