Bonnet
Encyclopedia
Headgear
- Bonnet (headgear)Bonnet (headgear)Bonnets are a variety of headgear for both sexes, which have in common only the absence of a brim. Bonnet derives from the same word in French, where it originally indicated a type of material...
, a variety of headgear with the absence of a brim. - Feather bonnetFeather bonnetThe feather bonnet is a type of military headdress used mainly by the Scottish Highland infantry regiments of the British Army from about 1763 until the outbreak of World War I. It is now mostly worn by pipers and drummers in various bands throughout the world...
, worn by Scottish regiments - GlengarryGlengarryThe glengarry bonnet is a traditional boat-shaped hat without a peak made of thick-milled woollen material with a toorie on top, a rosette cockade on the left, and ribbons hanging down behind...
, type of cap also called a Glengarry bonnet - Tam o' shanter (hat), distinctive Scottish bonnet
- War bonnetWar bonnetFeathered war bonnets were worn by honored Plains Indian men, sometimes into battle, but most often for ceremonial occasions, and were seen as items of great spiritual and magical importance...
, feathered headgear worn as military decoration by Plains Indians - Tudor bonnetTudor bonnetA Tudor bonnet is a traditional soft round cap, with a tassel hanging from a cord encircling the puggaree of the hat...
, worn during Tudor times, but has now become an academic doctoral cap at universities in the U.K.
People
- Charles BonnetCharles BonnetCharles Bonnet , Swiss naturalist and philosophical writer, was born at Geneva, of a French family driven into Switzerland by the religious persecution in the 16th century.-Life and work:Bonnet's life was uneventful...
(1720–1793), Swiss naturalist - Françoise BonnetFrançoise BonnetFrançoise Bonnet is a retired female long-distance runner from France. She set her personal best in the marathon in 1990.-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1957), French long-distance runner - Georges BonnetGeorges BonnetNot to be confused with the French Socialist Georges MonnetGeorges-Étienne Bonnet was a French politician and leading figure in the Radical-Socialist Party.- Early career :...
(1889–1973), French politician - Graham BonnetGraham BonnetGraham Bonnet is an English rock vocalist, and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist, and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri.-Early days:Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947...
(born 1947), British singer - Joseph BonnetJoseph BonnetJoseph Bonnet was a French composer and organist.One of the major French pipe organ players, Joseph Bonnet was born in Bordeaux. He first studied with his father, an organist at St. Eulalie. At the age of 14, he became official organist, first at St. Nicholas and almost immediately at St. Michael...
(1884–1944), French organist and composer - Leslie BonnetLeslie BonnetGroup Captain Leslie Bonnet, MA, LLB, Order of the Cloud and Banner with Special Rosette was an RAF officer, short-story writer and duck-breeder, creating the Welsh Harlequin Duck, the only true Welsh duck breed....
(1902–1985), British RAF officer, duck breeder and writer - Pierre Ossian BonnetPierre Ossian BonnetPierre Ossian Bonnet was a French mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, including the Gauss-Bonnet theorem.-Early years:...
(1819–1892), French mathematician - René BonnetRené BonnetRené Bonnet was a French driver and automobile constructor.He started building race cars in 1936 with Charles Deutsch and in 1946 they founded Deutsch et Bonnet in Champigny-sur-Marne, using Citroën and Panhard mechanics. They separated in 1961 and René Bonnet founded the firm Automobiles René...
(1904–1983), French driver and automobile constructor - Rob BonnetRob BonnetRob Bonnet is a BBC television journalist, presenting sport bulletins on BBC News services and Extratime, an interview programme on BBC World and BBC News.-Early life:...
(born 1952), British journalist - Stede BonnetStede BonnetStede Bonnet was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called "the gentleman pirate" because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his...
(c. 1680–1718), pirate
Transport
- Automobiles René BonnetAutomobiles René BonnetAutomobiles René Bonnet was a French automobile maker.The firm was the continuation of Deutsch et Bonnet by René Bonnet when Charles Deutsch, the "D" in DB, founded his own firm CD...
, defunct French automobile manufacturer - Hood (vehicle)Hood (vehicle)The hood or bonnet is the hinged cover over the engine of motor vehicles that allows access to the engine compartment for maintenance and repair. In British terminology, hood refers to a fabric cover over the passenger compartment of the car...
, known as a 'bonnet' in British English, the hinged engine cover of a motor vehicle
Other
- Bonnet, engineering term for part of a valveValveA valve is a device that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways. Valves are technically pipe fittings, but are usually discussed as a separate category...
- Bonnet, plumbing term for part of an irrigation sprinklerIrrigation sprinklerIrrigation sprinklers are sprinklers used on farms, golf courses, and yards, to provide water to vegetation and plants in the event of drought. They may also be used for recreation, as a cooling system, or to keep down the amount of airborne dust....
- Scotch bonnet (pepper), a variety of chilli pepper
- Bonnet macaqueBonnet MacaqueThe bonnet macaque is a macaque endemic to southern India. Its distribution is limited by the Indian Ocean on three sides and the Godavari and Tapti Rivers along with a related competing species of rhesus macaque in the north....
, an Indian monkey