Middle English Dictionary Entry
bonet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bonet n. Also bonot. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kind of cap or bonnet worn by men and women; ~ cap.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)40a/b : Ornamentum mulieris: a bonet, vel signum matrimoniale.
- (1446) Will York in Sur.Soc.45102 : De viij bonet caps..De v bonetes duplicatis..De iij mens bonettes.
- (1454) Paston2.334 : By Worcestr or Botoner I hafe vs..to help pay for bonetts that I lose.
- (a1461) Let.Edw.IV in Archaeol.17 (Vsp F.3)224 : Fyne bonetts.
- (1462) Acc.Howard in RC 57150 : A whyte bonett for my lord.
- (1463) RParl.5.507a : That noo Marchaunt..bryng..into this Reame of Englond..eny Wollen Bonettes, eny Wollen Cloth, Laces.
- (c1470) Stonor Suppl.9 : [A Mercer's Accounts]..a bonet ij s. viij d.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)228/87 : An hey smal bonet for curyng of þe crowne.
- (?1480) Let.Cely (PRO 53/128)p.86 (97/8) : I pray yow let yowr man do so myche ffor me as to go to .. the cap-maker next beyond William Kenettys .. and .. resceyue off hym vj sengell bonotys off dyuers colors as I bespake ffor.
2.
Naut. An auxiliary sail, a bonnet.
Associated quotations
- [ (1338) Doc.in Nicolas Navy 2475 : Un trief ove un bonet..une mast, un trief ove iiii bonetz..un bon corps ove un bonet bon et ii bonetz febles, v ankres. ]
- [ (1420) *For.Acc.(PRO) 3 Hen.VI F/2 dorso [OD col.] : j novum bonettum continentem iiij xx ulnas canabi. ]
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)43 : Bonet of a seyle: Artemo, sirapum.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3656 : Trvssen vpe sailes, Bet bonettez one brede.
- (1447) RParl.5.135a : They toke and led awey with theym the Rother of the Ship, the Saile, and all the Bonnettis.
- a1450(?c1405) Mannys soule (Dgb 102)28 : Thy wynd is layd, þou mayst not sayle, þouȝ þou lete out bonet and ryue.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)42.121 : Whanne the bonet was Onne I-don, thanne God sente hem wynd Ryht Anon.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)721 : Like as the bonet to his coors Is set, thei sette it footmen stronge & sounde.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1604 : Lace on a bonet or tweyn, þat wee mowe saille nere.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)4.72 : Þey bente on a bonet and bare a topte saile, Affor þe wynde fresshely to make a good fare.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)16b : Bonet of þe sayll.
- a1500 Our shyp (Dub 516)p.328 : The shyp hathe a welle good sayle..With bonet iii for to travayle, That mekelle beth of pryde.