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BONNET
bonnet, poke bonnet
(noun) a hat tied under the chin
hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling
(noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine; “there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars”; “the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane’s engine”
bonnet
(verb) dress in a bonnet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bonnet (plural bonnets)
A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
(by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
(Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.
(nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
(obsolete, slang) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc, who entices others to bet or to bid.
The second stomach of a ruminant.
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.
A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
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.
(mycology) A mushroom of the genus Mycena.
Synonyms
• (Scottish brimless hat): tam o'shanter
• (cover over the engine of a motor car): hood (US)
Verb
bonnet (third-person singular simple present bonnets, present participle bonneting, simple past and past participle bonneted)
(transitive) To put a bonnet on.
(obsolete) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
(dated, transitive) To pull the bonnet or cap down over the head of.
Anagrams
• Benton, bent on
Source: Wiktionary
Bon"net, n. Etym: [OE. bonet, OF. bonet, bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of a stuff, and of unknown origin.]
1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] Milton. Shak.
2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland. And pbonnets waving high. Sir W. Scott.
3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as, (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire. (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc. (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks. (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft. (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
5. (Naut.)
Definition: An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. Hakluyt.
6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant] Bonnet head (Zoöl.), a shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies.
– Bonnet limpet (Zoöl.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ).
– Bonnet monkey (Zoöl.), an East Indian monkey (Macacus sinicus), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga.
– Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. Sir W. Scott.
– To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee.
– Black bonnet. See under Black.
– Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.
Bon"net, v. i.
Definition: To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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