bonnetedadj.
/ˈbɒnᵻtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈbɑnədəd/ 1. Having or wearing a bonnet. Also figurative.Recorded earliest in blue-bonneted adj. at blue bonnet n. Derivatives.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a cap
cappedc1370
bonneted1648
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing headgear > wearing a lady's bonnet
bonneted1648
poke-bonneted1831
sun-bonneted1839
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > with a hood-like structure
cowled1785
hooded1847
bonneted1860
1648 D. Jenkins All is not Gould 4 Our Blew-bonnetted bonny Brethren did sweare by their Soules that they waud leeve & dey for the guds of the King and Kingdomes.
1749 Some Considerations on Establishm. French Strolers 21 In Sc—tl—d once,..a Bonnetted and Ambitious Sir, Threaten'd the C——n, and seduc'd the North.
1761 Public Ledger 12 May 449/1 I was permitted to pass, but not without one of the above mentioned bonneted gentry to attend me at a distance.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 15 Hooded, veiled, and bonneted as she is.
1860 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl ii. 14 Buildings..of which several were bonneted like hay cocks.
1868 M. E. Braddon Run to Earth II. xiii. 281 Bonneted and cloaked for the journey.
1940 Oregon Hist. Q. 41 235 The Union Pacific Streamliner stopped at Celilo Village at dawn on April 12 to receive greetings from two bonneted Indians, sons of chiefs.
1989 L. Clarke Chymical Wedding (1990) x. 262 The door opened and Emilia was there, caped and bonneted, a pale disgruntlement in her face.
2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 June c22 He sketched bonneted children in bucolic settings on place cards as gifts for friends.
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a. In various technical contexts: provided with casing, hood, cowl, etc. Cf. bonnet n. 12.
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1886 Final Rep. her Majesty's Commisioners Accidents in Mines 79 His lamp is a bonneted Clanny, but..he uses two or three somewhat conical gauze caps superposed.
1901 Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers 30 834 In appearance it is a bonneted Mueseler lamp.
1917 Proc. Assoc. Iron & Steel Electr. Engineers 54 Man cages should be bonneted and equipped with gates.
1975 B. Gill in A. Kertész Washington Square Pref. One becomes part of an immense cityscape of gleaming towers, tarred roofs, and zigzag, bonneted chimney pots.
2005 Hydropower Devel. (Inst. Mech. Engineers) 80 The proportion of any such gate would be extremely large and the bonneted gate option was therefore considered non-viable.
b. Of a motor vehicle: that has a bonnet (bonnet n. 12i). Now usually: (of a truck or lorry) designed with the engine under a bonnet rather than beneath the cab. Also with modifying word, as long-bonneted, short-bonneted, etc.
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1902 Motor World 24 Apr. 105/1 Steam and even electricity are encroaching on the..gasolene vehicle..—a fact which speaks volumes for the popularity of the bonneted, rakish-looking vehicle.
1907 Automobile 21 Nov. 753/1 A long-bonneted Ford runabout.
1969 Proc. Instit. Mech. Engineers1968-9: Automobile Div. 145/2 Even by 1905 the bonneted car had become too well established to be challenged by the Lanchester chassis layout.
1982 D. N. Miller Illustr. Hist. Trucks & Buses 33 (caption) Short-bonneted trucks with a low centre of gravity.
2015 Northern Territory News (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Sept. 5 The Ural is a conventional bonneted machine, instead of the more space-efficient cab-over type.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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