A bonnet is a variety of headgear, hat or cap.
Specific types of headgear referred to as "bonnets" may include
Native American War bonnet, feathered headgear worn as an earned military decoration by high-ranking Plains Indians
United Kingdom Tudor bonnet, worn during Tudor times, but has now become an academic doctoral cap at universities in the UK
Scottish Blue bonnet, a distinctive woollen cap worn by men in Scotland from the 15th to 18th centuries, and its derivations: Feather bonnet, worn by Scottish regiments Glengarry, type of Scottish cap also called a Glengarry bonnet Tam o' Shanter (cap) its military variant the Balmoral bonnet See also: Bluebonnet (disambiguation)
Bonnet may also refer to
Literature The Daily Bonnet, Mennonite satire website, now known as The Unger Review The Best of the Bonnet, a collection of satirical articles by Andrew Unger Bonnet ripper, Amish romance novels
Places Bonnet, a village in Lemvig Municipality, Denmark Bonnet, Meuse, commune in France Bonnet Island, Tasmania, Australia
Transport Bonnet (wagon), a word for the canvas cover on covered wagons Automobiles René Bonnet, defunct French automobile manufacturer Bonnet, a word for the hinged engine cover of a motor vehicle in Britain and Commonwealth countries, known as a hood (car) in the United States Bonnet (sail), a nautical term for an additional strip of canvas laced to the foot of a sail to increase its area
Other uses Bonnet (surname) Bonnet, engineering term for part of a valve Bonnet, plumbing term for part of an irrigation sprinkler Scotch bonnet, a variety of chili pepper Bonnet macaque, an Indian monkey Bonnet, a minor antagonist from Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location