5. bonnet a cowl, hood, or cap for stabilizing the draft in a fireplace or chimney.
6. bonnet a covering for a valve stem.
7. bonnet Brit. an automobile hood.
8. bonnet a supplementary piece of canvas laced to the foot of a fore-and-aft sail.
9. (v.t.)bonnet to put a bonnet on.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME bonet < MF; OF)
Definition of 'bonnet'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)bonnet, poke bonnet a hat tied under the chin
2. (verb)hood, bonnet, cowl, cowling protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine "there are powerful engines under the hoods of new cars"; "the mechanic removed the cowling in order to repair the plane's engine"
3. (verb)bonnet dress in a bonnet
Definition of 'bonnet'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)bonnet a headdress for men and boys; a cap
2. (noun)bonnet a soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland
3. (noun)bonnet a covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the frontpart projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel
4. (noun)bonnet anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use
5. (noun)bonnet a small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire
6. (noun)bonnet a metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc
7. (noun)bonnet a frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks
8. (noun)bonnet a roofingover the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft
9. (noun)bonnet in pumps, a metalcovering for the openings in the valve chambers
10. (noun)bonnet an additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds
11. (noun)bonnet the second stomach of a ruminating animal
12. (noun)bonnet an accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy
13. (verb)bonnet to take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover