Definition of bonnet

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Bonnet (n.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds.

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Bandbox :: Bandbox (n.) A light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc..
Unlace :: Unlace (v. t.) To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy..
Ruche :: Ruche (n.) A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets..
Unbonnet :: Unbonnet (v. t.) To take a bonnet from; to take off one's bonnet; to uncover; as, to unbonnet one's head..
Blue-bonnet :: Blue-bonnet (n.) A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one wearing such cap; a Scotchman..
Ugly :: Ugly (n.) A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (v. i.) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
Drabbler :: Drabbler (n.) A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop..
Sunbow :: Sunbonnet (n.) A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun..
Shovelhead :: Shovelhead (n.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark..
Latching :: Latching (n.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A headdress for men and boys; a cap.
Tab :: Tab (n.) A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets..
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks..
Millinet :: Millinet (n.) A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets.
Blue-bonnet :: Blue-bonnet (n.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle.
Bonnetless :: Bonnetless (a.) Without a bonnet.
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
Carinaria :: Carinaria (n.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills..
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