Bonnet

Quick meaning: Bonnet is a noun meaning A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
2. (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
3. (Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
4. (nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
5. The second stomach of a ruminant.
6. (obsolete, slang) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.
7. (historical) A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.

Example Sentences

People were reluctant to slam a bonnet shut in those days. One just did not slam bonnets and doors.

Stoll was still standing on the car bonnet with the catch of his large-calibre repeating rifle off.

By about 20 ms, there is contact between the bonnet leading edge and the pedestrian upper leg/pelvis on the struck side, the severity of which depends on the vehicle shape.

The car is burgundy red, wide and elegant, ten years old but still the boys are impressed and they run to touch it, pressing sticky handprints against the polished bodywork and trying to climb up onto the bonnet.

Word Forms

• bonnets
• bonneting
• bonnetting
• bonneted
• bonnetted

Synonyms for bonnet

Depending on context, synonyms include hood, block.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hood, hat, headdress, beanie, cap, cowl.

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