bonnet en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈbɒnɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbɑnɪt/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈbɑnət/ (General-American)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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.
1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter XXIII, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 382:“Now,” said he, “put such a bonnet as that in the show window.” He did not fill his show-window up town with a lot of hats and bonnets to drive people away, and then sit on the back stairs and bawl because people went to Wanamaker's to trade.
2008, Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, Acres of Diamonds, page 37:
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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.
1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Rob Roy. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 147:
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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 pride in anything.
2016, 50:10 from the start, in [Rochester, New York sociolinguistic interview with 26 year old woman] (WAV), spoken by interviewee (anonymous), Corpus of Regional African American Language, published 2018:
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(broadly) 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.
2008, The Editors of Popular Mechanics, Popular Mechanics Complete Car Care Manual, page 297:
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(Commonwealth) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
By about 20 ms, there is contact between the bonnet leading edge and the pedestrian upper leg/pelvis on the struck side, the severity of which depends on the vehicle shape.
2009, Ciaran Simms, Denis Wood, Pedestrian and Cyclist Impact: A Biomechanical Perspective, page 38:People were reluctant to slam a bonnet shut in those days. One just did not slam bonnets and doors.
2004, David Spencer, quoted in Don Loffler, The FJ Holden: A Favourite Australian Car, page 217:Stoll was still standing on the car bonnet with the catch of his large-calibre repeating rifle off.
2009, Stefan Aust, Anthea Bell, Baader-Meinhof: the inside story of the R.A.F., page 308: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.
2003, Jon McGregor, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, page 189:
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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.
1596, Thomas Masham, “The Third Voyage set forth by Sir Walter Ralegh to Guiana”, in Richard Hakluyt, editor, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffics and Discoveries of the English Nation, volume 3, London, page 695:
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(obsolete, slang) 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 give from forty to fifty shillings a week.”
1851, George Borrow, Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: John Murray […], →OCLC:
- The second stomach of a ruminant.
- (historical) A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
- Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use. ▸ A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
- Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use. ▸ A metallic canopy over an opening, such as chimney or fireplace, used to increase draught.
- Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use. ▸ A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
- Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use. ▸ A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
- Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use. ▸ In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
- Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use. ▸ A mushroom of the genus Mycena.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bonnets | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bunnet | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
blue bonnet · bonnet drama · bonnet bellflower · bonnet piece · doctor's bonnet · Tudor bonnet · bonnetless · sunbonnet · unbonnet · bee in one's bonnet · scoop bonnet · bonnet macaque · Scotch bonnet · bonnetstring · bonnet skewer · bonnet ripper · poky bonnet · bonneted · on it like a car bonnet · coal-scuttle bonnet · bonnet laird · bride's bonnet · poke bonnet · old maid's bonnet · bonnetlike · sun bonnet · sunbonneted · sun-bonneted · bonnethead · Glengarry bonnet · bonnet snail · bug in one's bonnet · Bonnet Bay · war bonnet · granny's bonnet · bonnet monkey
Descendants
Synonyms
hood · sleep cap (hair protection) · tam o'shanter (Scottish brimless hat) · hood (cover over the engine of a motor car)
Translations (101)
it cofano (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · mr छादणी (type of women's and children's hat) · cy boned (type of women's and children's hat) · nl motorkap (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · da kyse (type of women's and children's hat) · cy bonedi (type of women's and children's hat) · de Haube (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · arz كبوت (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · sw boneti (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · eo kufo (type of women's and children's hat) · ko 보닛 (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · et kapott (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · nb panserlokk (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · br boned (type of women's and children's hat) · el καπώ αυτοκινήτου (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · mi panati (type of women's and children's hat) · ar كَلَّوْتَة (type of women's and children's hat) · ca capó (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · sq kësulë (type of women's and children's hat) · th ฝากระโปรง (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · es gorra (Scottish men's cap) · de Schutenhut (type of women's and children's hat) · ms bonet (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · fi piipunhattu (canopy over a chimney) · mk хауба (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · sk kapota (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · ca boneta (length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail) · ja フード (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · uk чіпе́ць (type of women's and children's hat) · be капо́т (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · ar قَلَنْسُوَة (type of women's and children's hat) · be ка́пар (type of women's and children's hat) · uk капо́т (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · uk ка́пор (type of women's and children's hat) · fi hilkka (type of women's and children's hat) · pl czepek (type of women's and children's hat) · uk підка́пок (type of women's and children's hat) · uk очі́пок (type of women's and children's hat) · fr casquette (Scottish men's cap) · pl długość płótna (length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail) · ru че́пчик (type of women's and children's hat) · is húdd (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · eo kapoto (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · tr kaput (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · mr बॉनेट (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · ka კაპოტი (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · it cuffia (type of women's and children's hat) · sv motorhuv (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · be чапе́ц (type of women's and children's hat) · es capucha (type of women's and children's hat) · hu főkötő (type of women's and children's hat) · de Schute (type of women's and children's hat) · be капту́р (type of women's and children's hat) · fa کاپوت (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · uk чепе́ць (type of women's and children's hat) · de Haube (type of women's and children's hat) · hu motorháztető (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · ru ка́пор (type of women's and children's hat) · pt capô (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · fi hattu (canopy over a chimney) · pl maska (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · bg боне́ (type of women's and children's hat) · af vrouehoed (type of women's and children's hat) · pl czepiec (type of women's and children's hat) · fr béret (Scottish men's cap) · ar غِطَاء الْرَّأْس (type of women's and children's hat) · ar غِطَاء الْمُحَرِّك (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · arz بونيه (type of women's and children's hat) · ko 후드 (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · cs kapota (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · af mus (type of women's and children's hat) · fr tuque (type of women's and children's hat) · nb kyse (type of women's and children's hat) · af hoed (type of women's and children's hat) · fr bonnet (type of women's and children's hat) · fi konepelti (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · ru капо́т (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · bg капа́к (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · gd bonaid (Scottish men's cap) · mr छादन (type of women's and children's hat) · is vélarhlíf (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · mr बॉनेट (type of women's and children's hat) · ga caidhp (type of women's and children's hat) · pl kaszkiet (Scottish men's cap) · ru чепе́ц (type of women's and children's hat) · da motorhjelm (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · es bonete (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · uk че́пчик (type of women's and children's hat) · de Motorhaube (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · cmn 引擎蓋 /引擎盖 (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · nl kap (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · hy կապոտ (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · sq kezë (type of women's and children's hat) · es cofia (type of women's and children's hat) · ja ボンネット (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · fi bonetti (small fortification at salient angle) · es gorra (type of women's and children's hat) · fr capot (cover over the engine of a motor car — see also hood) · quc punet (type of women's and children's hat) · fo kýsi (type of women's and children's hat) · es capota (type of women's and children's hat)