sunbonnet

American  

[suhn-bon-it] / ˈsʌnˌbɒn ɪt /

noun

1. a bonnet with a large brim shading the face and sometimes a piece projecting over the neck, worn by women and children.

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sunbonnet British  

/ ˈsʌnˌbɒnɪt /

noun

1. a hat that shades the face and neck from the sun, esp one made of cotton with a projecting brim now worn esp by babies

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• sunbonneted
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of sunbonnet

First recorded in 1815–25; sun + bonnet

Example Sentences

Once this infant phenom was discovered, she was put in a gingham dress and sunbonnet to sing on a circuit of local weddings and Methodist church socials.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

The little old lady in the crisp white Mother Hubbard and blue gingham sunbonnet looked out of place in Palm Springs, California's gold-plated winter playground for Hollywood stars and Eastern industrialists.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once a girl in a sunbonnet and cotton dress came into Neiman's for a complete outfitting on her first visit to Dallas.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is pregnant � a quiet, pale girl dressed in a calico wrapper, a sunbonnet and part of an old army uniform.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her dress was a beautiful pink and she was swinging a pink sunbonnet by one string.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder