bonnet
/ˈbɑnɪt/ noun B2- A type of hat, once widely worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin; now uncommonly worn except in certain religious sects.
- A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
- A mushroom-shaped satin cap with an elastic headband used to protect kinky hair, especially while sleeping.
- The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
- The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car.
- A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
- A ducat, an old Scottish coin worth 40 shillings.
- A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
Plural bonnets
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Willie cocks his highland bonnet,
Their eyes were immediately wandering up the street in quest of the officers, and nothing less than a very smart bonnet, indeed, or a really new muslin in a shop window, could recall them.
that you have a wee bit of a bee in your bonnet over this professor.
Shortly afterwards the outer door closed, her bonnet passed the bow window, and we knew that we were alone in the lower floor of the house.
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