bonnet

Meaning

Noun

1. A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
2. A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
3. The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
4. The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.
5. A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
6. (obsolete,slang) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.
7. The second stomach of a ruminant.
8. A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
9. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
10. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
11. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
12. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
13. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
14. Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

Verb

1. To put a bonnet on.
2. (obsolete) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
3. To pull the bonnet or cap down over the eyes of.

Synonyms

hood

cap

cowl

hat

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cowling

hood

cape

coif

night cap

cover

poke bonnet

wimple

prompter’s box

reticulum

chimney cap

mutch

smoke stack

valve cap

great hammerhead

bonnet tile

chimney hood

smoke stack hood

smoke stack cap

funnel hood

valve deck

engine hood

prophylactic

cloche

condom

hammerhead

helmet

hip tile

honeycomb

kepi

pillbox

beret

tit for tat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɒn.ɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bonet

Cognate with French: bonnet

Cognate with Frankish: *obbunni

Cognate with Old High German: gibunt

Cognate with Middle Dutch: bont

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹

In summary

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.