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1828 Definition

BON'NET, n.

1. A covering for the head, in common use before the introduction of hats. The word, as now used, signifies a cover for the head, worn by females, close at the sides, and projecting over the forehead.
1913 Definition
Bonnet (bonnet)
n.(bn"n1913 webster dictionaryt)
Bon"net
[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 p(?)i(?)s and bonnets 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.)
  5. 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.

  8. To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
    [Obs.] Shak.
  9. The metal cover or shield over the motor.

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