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noun
1.
a hat, usually tying under the chin and often framing the face, formerly much worn by women but now worn mostly by children.
2.
Informal. any hat worn by women.
3.
Chiefly Scot. a man's or boy's cap.
4.
a bonnetlike headdress: an Indian war bonnet.
5.
EXPANDany of various hoods, covers, or protective devices.
6.
a cowl, hood, or wind cap for a fireplace or chimney, to stabilize the draft.
7.
the part of a valve casing through which the stem passes and that forms a guide and seal for the stem.
8.
a chamber at the top of a hot-air furnace from which the leaders emerge.
9.
Chiefly British. an automobile hood.
10.
COLLAPSENautical. a supplementary piece of canvas laced to the foot of a fore-and-aft sail, especially a jib, in light winds.
verb (used with object)
11.
to put a bonnet on.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English bonet < Middle French; Old French bonet material from which hats are made, perhaps < Old Low Franconian *bunni something bound (< Germanic *bund-, noun derivative of *bind- bind; compare bundle), with -et -et; compare Late Latin abonnis, obbonis ribbon forming part of a headdress < Germanic, with a prefix corresponding to Middle High German obe- above
1375–1425; late Middle English bonet < Middle French; Old French bonet material from which hats are made, perhaps < Old Low Franconian *bunni something bound (< Germanic *bund-, noun derivative of *bind- bind; compare bundle), with -et -et; compare Late Latin abonnis, obbonis ribbon forming part of a headdress < Germanic, with a prefix corresponding to Middle High German obe- above
Related forms
bon·net·less, adjective
bon·net·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
bonnet
late 14c., Scottish bonat "brimless hat for men," from O.Fr., short for chapel de bonet, from bonet (12c., Mod.Fr. bonnet) "kind of cloth used as a headdress," from M.L. bonitum "material for hats," perhaps aphetic of L.L. abonnis "a kind of cap" (7c.), perhaps from a Germanic source
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Bonnet  (bô-ně') Pronunciation Key
Swiss naturalist who discovered parthenogenesis when he observed that aphid eggs could develop without fertilization. Bonnet was also one of the first scientists to study photosynthesis. |
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Bonnet definition
(Heb. peer), Ex. 39:28 (R.V., "head-tires"); Ezek. 44:18 (R.V., "tires"), denotes properly a turban worn by priests, and in Isa. 3:20 (R.V., "head-tires") a head-dress or tiara worn by females. The Hebrew word so rendered literally means an ornament, as in Isa. 61:10 (R.V., "garland"), and in Ezek. 24:17, 23 "tire" (R.V., "head-tire"). It consisted of a piece of cloth twisted about the head. In Ex. 28:40; 29:9 it is the translation of a different Hebrew word (migba'ah), which denotes the turban (R.V., "head-tire") of the common priest as distinguished from the mitre of the high priest. (See MITRE.)
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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