Definition
A protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat.
In Context
- "The Air Force not only makes up words and phrases (e.g., brain bucket for crash helmet) . . . ."
- "Roy Knickman of 7-Eleven said he fears more crashes today and will not keep his helmet far from sight. "I always wear my brain bucket," he said."
- "Riding a 500-pound motorcycle in the middle of 3-ton Ford Expeditions and 40-ton trucks is dangerous, with or without a brain bucket or a leather jacket."