skid lid
Slang motorcycle helmet
A skid lid is slang for a motorcycle helmet.
The term emphasizes the helmet's basic protective function—keeping your skull from skidding along pavement in a crash.
It often refers specifically to minimal half-shell helmets that meet only minimum legal requirements: He grabbed his skid lid and headed for the bike.
- brain bucketInformal term for helmet
- helmetProtective head covering
- motorcyclePowered two-wheeler
- shellHard outer covering
- headgearCoverings for the skull
chinstrap · open face · shield · foam · balaclava · Great Britain · guard · buckle · UK · protection · head injury · road rash · bucket · chopper · leather jacket · biker · padding · visor
- hatsfedora, beanie, cowboy hat, baseball cap, top hat