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[[Image:Caubeen.jpg|right|thumb|300px| An Irish ''caubeen'']] | [[Image:Caubeen.jpg|right|thumb|300px| An Irish ''caubeen'']] | ||
'''Bonnet''' refers to several types of headwear, worn by both males and females, and usually distinguished by being brimless. In contemporary usage, it is most freqently applied to the simple headcovering worn by infants, although in [[Great Britain|Britain]] it remains in general use also to describe several types of headwear of ethnic origins. Many bonnets are often referred to as '''caps''', although caps are differentiated by their having a peak or narrow brim. | '''Bonnet''' refers to several types of headwear, worn by both males and females, and usually distinguished by being brimless. In contemporary usage, it is most freqently applied to the simple headcovering worn by infants, although in [[Great Britain|Britain]] it remains in general use also to describe several types of headwear of ethnic origins. Many bonnets are often referred to as '''caps''', although caps are differentiated by their having a peak or narrow brim. | ||
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| + | The [[Border Reivers]] of the Anglo-Scottish borders during the sixteenth century were sometimes known as 'Steel Bonnets' for the helmets they wore, and the term was used as the title of a history of the reivers by George Macdonald Fraser. | ||
Types of bonnet include: | Types of bonnet include: | ||
Revision as of 10:35, March 7, 2008
Bonnet refers to several types of headwear, worn by both males and females, and usually distinguished by being brimless. In contemporary usage, it is most freqently applied to the simple headcovering worn by infants, although in Britain it remains in general use also to describe several types of headwear of ethnic origins. Many bonnets are often referred to as caps, although caps are differentiated by their having a peak or narrow brim.
The Border Reivers of the Anglo-Scottish borders during the sixteenth century were sometimes known as 'Steel Bonnets' for the helmets they wore, and the term was used as the title of a history of the reivers by George Macdonald Fraser.
Types of bonnet include:
- Baby bonnet
- Balmoral bonnet
- Beanie
- Beret
- Caubeen
- Dutch cap
- Easter bonnet
- Feather bonnet
- French hood
- Glengarry
- Kilmarnock bonnet
- Matron's badge
- Prayer bonnet
- Tam
- Tam O'Shanter
- Tudor bonnet