Bonnet

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A bonnet is a variety of headgear, hat or cap.

Specific types of headgear referred to as "bonnets" may include

Native American

  • War bonnet, feathered headgear worn as an earned military decoration by high-ranking Plains Indians

UK

  • Tudor bonnet, worn during Tudor times, but has now become an academic doctoral cap at universities in the UK

Scottish

  • Blue bonnet, a distinctive woollen cap worn by men in Scotland from the 15th to 18th centuries, and its derivations:
    • Feather bonnet, worn by Scottish regiments
    • Glengarry, type of Scottish cap also called a Glengarry bonnet
    • Tam o' Shanter (cap)
      • its military variant the Balmoral bonnet
  • See also: Bluebonnet (disambiguation)

Bonnet may also refer to

Literature

  • The Daily Bonnet, Mennonite satire website, now known as The Unger Review
  • The Best of the Bonnet, a collection of satirical articles by Andrew Unger
  • Bonnet ripper, Amish/Mennonite romance novels

Places

  • Bonnet, Meuse, commune in France
  • Bonnet Island, Tasmania, Australia

Transport

  • Bonnet (wagon), a word for the canvas cover on covered wagons.
  • Automobiles René Bonnet, defunct French automobile manufacturer
  • Bonnet (car), a word for the hinged engine cover of a motor vehicle in Britain and Commonwealth countries, also known as a "hood" in the USA

Other uses

  • Bonnet (surname)
  • Bonnet, engineering term for part of a valve
  • Bonnet, plumbing term for part of an irrigation sprinkler
  • Scotch bonnet, a variety of chili pepper
  • Bonnet macaque, an Indian monkey
  • Bonnet, a minor antagonist from Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
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