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Bonnet vs Trunk - What's the difference?

bonnet | trunk |

In obsolete terms the difference between bonnet and trunk

is that bonnet is to take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover while trunk is to lop off; to curtail; to truncate.

bonnet

English

Alternative forms

* (Scottish brimless hat) bunnet

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
  • * 1936 , , unnumbered page,
    • In the hall, Scarlett saw a bonnet' and put it on hurriedly, tying the ribbons under her chin. It was Melanie's black mourning '''bonnet''' and it did not fit Scarlett's head but she could not recall where she had put her own ' bonnet .
  • * 2008 , Russell H. Conwell, Robert Shackleton, Acres of Diamonds , page 35,
    • “Now,” said he, “put such a bonnet' as that in the show window.” He did not fill his show-window up town with a lot of hats and ' bonnets to drive people away, and then sit on the back stairs and bawl because people went to Wanamaker's to trade.
  • A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
    • (Sir Walter Scott)
  • (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
  • * 2008 , The Editors of Popular Mechanics, Popular Mechanics Complete Car Care Manual , page 297,
    • Make sure that the power buffer's lamb's-wool bonnet' is clean. Change or rinse the '''bonnet''' frequently to avoid scratching the finish. Use the ' bonnet as a mitten to buff in the crevices and other areas that the power buffer can't reach.
  • (Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.
  • * 2003 , Jon McGregor, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things , page 189,
    • The car is burgundy red, wide and elegant, ten years old but still the boys are impressed and they run to touch it, pressing sticky handprints against the polished bodywork and trying to climb up onto the bonnet .
  • * 2004 , David Spencer, quoted in Don Loffler, The FJ Holden: A Favourite Australian Car , page 217,
    • People were reluctant to slam a bonnet' shut in those days. One just did not slam ' bonnets and doors.
  • * 2009 , Ciaran Simms, Denis Wood, Pedestrian and Cyclist Impact: A Biomechanical Perspective , page 38,
    • By about 20 ms, there is contact between the bonnet leading edge and the pedestrian upper leg/pelvis on the struck side, the severity of which depends on the vehicle shape.
  • * 2009 , Stefan Aust, Anthea Bell, Baader-Meinhof: the inside story of the R.A.F. , page 308,
    • Stoll was still standing on the car bonnet with the catch of his large-calibre repeating rifle off.
  • (nautical) A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
    • (Hakluyt)
  • (obsolete, slang) An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.
  • The second stomach of a ruminant.
  • Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
  • # A small defence work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
  • # A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.
  • # A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.
  • # A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.
  • # In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.

    • Synonyms

    * (Scottish brimless hat) tam o'shanter * (cover over the engine of a motor car) hood (US)

    Derived terms

    * bonnet drama * bonnet macaque / bonnet monkey * bee in one's bonnet * sunbonnet

    See also

    * boot

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (dated) To pull the bonnet or cap down over the head of.
  • *
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    trunk

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Part of a body.
  • #The (usually single) upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches: the tree trunk.
  • #The torso.
  • #The extended and articulated nose or nasal organ of an elephant.
  • #The proboscis of an insect.
  • (lb) A container.
  • #A large suitcase, usually requiring two persons to lift and with a hinged lid.
  • #*
  • #*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks , swarm in the corridors.
  • #A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.
  • #*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • #*:locked up in chests and trunks
  • # The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
  • (lb) A channel for flow of some kind.
  • # A circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
  • #A chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
  • #A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
  • #(lb) A long tube through which pellets of clay, pas, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
  • #*(James Howell) (c.1594–1666)
  • #*:He shot sugarplums at them out of a trunk .
  • #(lb) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
  • In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
  • The main line or body of anything.
  • :
  • #(lb) A main line in a river, canal, railroad, or highway system.
  • #(lb) The part of a pilaster between the base and capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
  • A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
  • Shorts used for swimming (swim trunks).

    • Synonyms

    * boot (UK, Aus ) * (upright part of a tree) tree trunk * (nose of an elephant) proboscis

    Derived terms

    * tree trunk * trunk road

    External links

    * *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
  • * Spenser
    • Out of the trunked stock.
  • (mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.