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Keywords: Headgear, Hat, Chin, Brimless, Brim
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 front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
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an additional strip of sailcloth fastened to the bottom of the larger sails for strength.
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a hat tied under the chin
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a head covering that covers the top, back, and sides of the head, and fastens under the chin
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a kind of headgear which is usually brimless and is commonly used for children and babies
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Usually a stiff hat with the cylinder on the back of the head and brim framing the face, worn by women in the first half of the 19th century. Also a name for any small stiff hat for women that doesn't cover the whole head.
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A type of hat having a soft round crown and a stiff flat brim. The bonnet is often trimmed, between crown and brim with gold cord and tassels, but the Oxford bonnet has a black ribbon between crown and brim. The bonnet, however, in many of the newer university foundations, is often trimmed with coloured cord and tassels. The bonnet, often made from black velvet, is the distinctive headgear of doctors in many of the Universities of the British Commonwealth, Eire and the Republic of South Africa.
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A thin baby hat that usually ties around the chin.
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A bonnet is a kind of headgear which is usually brimless. Only a few kinds of bonnets are still worn today, most commonly by babies.
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