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bonnet¹
- /ˈbɒnɪt/ UK
- /ˈbɑnɪt/ US
- /ˈbɑnət/ US
Sounds like banate · Rhymes with -ɒnɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).
Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni.
Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.
noun bonnets · bunnet
- A type of hat, once widely worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin; now uncommonly worn except in certain religious sects. In the hall, Scarlett saw a bonnet and put it on hurriedly, tying the ribbons under her chin. It was Melanie's black mourning bonnet and it did not fit Scarlett's head but she could not recall where she had put her own bonnet.
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A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
A shock-head of red hair, which the hat and periwig of the Lowland costume had in a great measure concealed, was seen beneath the Highland bonnet, and verified the epithet of Roy, or Red, by which he was much better known in the low country than by any other, and is still, I suppose, best remembered
Similar: tam o'shanter
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A mushroom-shaped satin cap with an elastic headband used to protect kinky hair, especially while sleeping.
Even dressing, you know, back in the day, you only had two pair of pants, those two pair of pants better be polished and clean every day, even if those were the only two pair of pants you had. Nowadays it's like, nobody cares, people walk around with bonnets on their head, and there's no sense of pr
Similar: sleep cap
- The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool. Make sure that the power buffer's lamb's-wool bonnet is clean. Change or rinse the bonnet frequently to avoid scratching the finish. Use the bonnet as a mitten to buff in the crevices and other areas that the power buffer can't reach.
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The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
The car is burgundy red, wide and elegant, ten years old but still the boys are impressed and they run to touch it, pressing sticky handprints against the polished bodywork and trying to climb up onto the bonnet.
Similar: hood
- A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power. And standing along to the Westward, this night we tryed with our mayne coarse and bonnet. On Saturday night we came to an anker, in three fathomes against Sewramo.
- An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid. “All you have to do is to put a sovereign down on my table, and to find the pea, which I put under one of my thimbles. […] Why,” said the man, “I think you would do to be my bonnet.” “What would the wages be?” I demanded. “Why, to a first-rate bonnet, as I think you would prove, I could afford to gi
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The second stomach of a ruminant.
Similar: reticulum
- A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
- A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
- A metallic canopy over an opening, such as chimney or fireplace, used to increase draught.
- A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
- A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
- In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
- A mushroom of the genus Mycena.
verb bonnets · bonneting · bonnetting · bonneted · bonnetted
- To put a bonnet on.
- To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover. Hee hath deſerued worthily of his Countrey, and his aſſent is not by ſuch eaſie degrees as thoſe, who hauing beene ſupple and courteous to the People, Bonnetted, without any further deed, to haue them at all into their eſtimation, and report:
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To pull the bonnet or cap down over the eyes of.
“You’re a dutiful and affectionate little boy, you are, ain’t you?” said Mr. Weller, “to come a bonnetin’ your father in his old age?”
Similar: block
Bonnet²
Where it comes from
Variant of Bonnett, ultimately from French.
proper noun
- A surname from French.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: poke bonnet, hood, hat, headdress, beanie, cap, cowl, helmet, chapeau, suit, cover, lid, head, roof, rack, cup
Translations
Every language
noun type of women's and children's hat
| Español | capucha, gorra, cofia, capota |
|---|---|
| Français | bonnet, tuque |
| Deutsch | Haube, Schute, Schutenhut |
| Italiano | cuffia |
| Русский | ка́пор kápor, чепе́ц čepéc, че́пчик čépčik |
| العربية | غِطَاء الْرَّأْس ḡiṭāʔ al-rraʔs, قَلَنْسُوَة qalansuwa, كَلَّوْتَة kallawta |
noun cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood
| Español | bonete |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 보닛 bonit, 후드 hudeu |
| 日本語 | ボンネット bonnetto, フード fūdo |
| 中文 | 引擎蓋 /引擎盖 yǐnqínggài |
| Kiswahili | boneti |
| Português | capô |
| Français | capot |
| Deutsch | Motorhaube, Haube |
| Italiano | cofano |
| Ελληνικά | καπώ αυτοκινήτου kapó aftokinítou |
| Русский | капо́т kapót |
| العربية | غِطَاء الْمُحَرِّك ḡiṭāʔ al-muḥarrik |
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title = {bonnet},
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