Word Finder - bonnets

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A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

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A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.

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(by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.

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The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.

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A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.

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An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.

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The second stomach of a ruminant.

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Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.

Many substances besides straw are worked into plaits and braids for bonnets.

It serves for the thatching of roofs, for a papermaking material, for ornamenting small surfaces as a "strawmosaic," for plaiting into door and table mats, mattresses, &c., and for weaving and plaiting into light baskets, artificial flowers, &c. These applications, however, are insignificant in comparison with the place occupied by straw as a raw material for the straw bonnets and hats worn by both sexes.

The plaits are sewed partly by hand and in a special sewing-machine, and the hats or bonnets are finished by stiffening with gelatin size and blocking into shape with the aid of heat and powerful pressure, according to the dictates of fashion.

This is compared with an alternative approach using diamond abrasives bound onto flexible carriers attached to the bonnets.

The men and boys were given black woolen hats and the women and girls coarse straw bonnets " .

In the summer they had white tippets and cottage bonnets with brown ribbon across and tied under the chin.

For a baby girl, you can also consider personalized diaper covers, dresses, sweaters, and bonnets.

Other great gift ideas include sweet bonnets, dressy bibs, gold rings and bracelets, and embroidered panties to cover up those diapers.

If your ceramic bunnies are whimsical you may want to create colorful bonnets to tie underneath their chins with a big bow.

Springtime bonnets are also a thing of the past, and today most little girls opt for a headband or hair bow that coordinates with their dress.

Dress sets come with matching bonnets and are available in your choice of fabrics.

Bonnets were most often taken off indoors.

Many even come with matching bonnets and bloomers.

Ruffled Rhumba tights, Mary Jane anklets, or polka dotted leg warmers are beautiful accents for special occasion dresses for little girls, while white satin gloves and trendy bonnets make little girls look appropriately dressed up.

As if this wasn't already enough coverage, full length bloomers were worn beneath the gowns, accompanied by swim bonnets that were very similar to shower caps.

The term "prairie dress" doesn't have to automatically conjure images of long, unflattering dresses and girls in bonnets.

Bonnets were very common, and, like dresses, ranged from everyday cotton to a fancy, patterned bonnet with ornaments on it.

South Framingham has large manufactories of paper tags, shoes, boilers, carriage wheels and leather board; formerly straw braid and bonnets were the principal manufactures.

Kilmarnock rose into importance in the 17th century by its production of striped woollen "Kilmarnock cowls" and broad blue bonnets, and afterwards acquired a great name for its Brussels, Turkey and Scottish carpets.

Among the Kamchadales " the skin of the bear," says a traveller, forms their beds and their coverlets, bonnets for their heads, gloves for their hands and collars for their dogs.