bonnet English · revision 1612

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈbɒnɪt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈbɑnɪt/, /ˈbɑnət/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|bonet]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|fro|bonet]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) originally the name of a cloth used for hats, in the phrase ''chapel de bonet'' “cap of ''bonet''”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The French word is from [[la-med|bonetum]] or ''bonetus'' “material for hats”,^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) which is probably of Germanic origin.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995) Etymonline and Random House connect it with Late Latin ''abonnis'' “a kind of cap”,^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) and Merriam-Webster with Old English ''bindan'' “to bind”.^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A brimless cap worn by men, in Scottish use (1375).^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The bonnet was first a soft man's cap, which in England was replaced by the hat but survived in Scotland.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) As a women's outdoor headdress it is attested from the late 15th century.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The name was applied to several covers: an extra strip of canvas laced to a sail (1399),^(OED 1989) and from 1862 mechanical covers,^(Etymonline) including, in British use, the hood of a car.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1375 – a man's brimless cap, in Scottish use.^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1399 – an extra piece of canvas laced to a sail.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1499 – a woman's outdoor headdress.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1815 – ''bonnet rouge'', the red cap of the French revolutionaries.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1858 – verb, to put a bonnet on.^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1862 – a mechanical cover.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A hat of cloth or straw tied under the chin, worn by women and children.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(chiefly Scottish)'' A brimless woollen cap worn by men and boys.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(British)'' The [[hood]] of a car.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A metal cover, as over a [[valve]] or on a [[chimney]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A strip of canvas laced to a [[sail]] to increase its area.^(AHD)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To put a bonnet on.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[bonnetless]]

+ * [[sunbonnet]]

+ * [[Scotch bonnet]]

+ * [[war bonnet]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}