A bonnet is the name of different types of headwear for men and women. The word is a 14th century loan from Old French, from Vulgar Latin bonitum (ultimately of Germanic origin). By extension,

• bonnet is British English for the hinged cover over the engine in a motor vehicle (US: "hood")
• war bonnet which belonged to the Native Americans
• Bonnets provide leakproof closure for a gate valve or globe valve body
• Introduced to English by Highland chiefs returning from France, hence more widespread use in Scotland .

People called Bonnet:

• Pierre Ossian Bonnet was a French mathematician
• Stede Bonnet, pirate
• Automobiles René Bonnet was a French automobile manufacturer which later became Matra Automobiles

Places called Bonnet:

• Bonnet, a commune in the Meuse département, in France

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