pickelhaube means A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
noun
- A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.“Whereupon an outlandish production number breaks out in which the Marx Brothers play xylophone on the pickelhauben of the assembled soldiers[…].”