bonnet

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to dress in a bonnet

   I bonnet my two children daily.

2. 2
   noun

   A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   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.

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Simplified etymology

Bonnet comes through Old French bonet from medieval Latin abonnis, meaning “headgear.” It initially referred to a soft, brimless male hat, then from the late 15th century also denoted the brimmed, ribbon-tied hat traditionally worn by women and children.

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.

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