The top part of a valve, attached to the body that guides the stem and adapts to extensions or operators.

late 14c., Scottish bonat "brimless hat for men," from Old French bonet, short for chapel de bonet, from bonet (12c., Modern French bonnet) "kind of cloth used as a headdress," fro [..]

Bonnet [N](Heb. peer), Exodus 39:28 (RSV, "head-tires"); Ezekiel 44:18 (RSV, "tires"), denotes properly a turban worn by priests, and in Isaiah 3:20 (RSV, "head-tires") a [..]

hood

hood (of a car...)

a kind or hat that ties under the chin

The appliance having the form of a parasol, which protects the valve of a spherical balloon against rain.

(Heb. peer), Ex. 39:28 (R.V., "head-tires"); Ezek. 44:18 (R.V., "tires"), denotes properly a turban worn by priests, and in Isa. 3:20 (R.V., "head-tires") a head-dress or [..]

Bonnet, denotes much gossiping and slanderous insinuations, from which a woman should carefully defend herself. For a man to see a woman tying her bonnet, denotes unforeseen good luck near by. His friends will be faithful and true. A young woman is likely to engage in pleasant and harmless flirtations if her bonnet is new and of any color except bl [..]

The top portion of a compression valve assembly, it holds the valve in place as it is tightened against the valve seat at the other end of the assembly.

(n) a hat tied under the chin(n) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine(v) dress in a bonnet

A pretended player at a gaming-table, or bidder at an auction, to lure others to play; so called because he blinds the eyes of his dupes, just as if he had struck their bonnet over their eyes.

Braid Bonnet. The old Scotch cap, made of milled woollen, without seam or lining.

The protective covering over the air intake that keeps water or other substances from entering the air system; or the hood on any conventional type tractor.

a bonnet basically acts as a cover on the valve body. It is commonly semi-permanently screwed into the valve body. During manufacture of the valve, the internal parts were put into the body and then the bonnet was attached to hold everything together inside. To access internal parts of a valve, a user would take off the bonnet, usually for maintena [..]

(Br.) the hood over the front engine

An English term for the hood of a car. Boot

the hood over the front engine.

A strip of canvas secured to the foot of the course (square sail) to increase sail area in light airs.

An extra strip of canvas fixed to the foot of a fore-and-aft sail.

Is an additional piece of canvas put to the sail in moderate weather to hold more wind. Booby Hatch: The cover of a scuttle:way or small hatchway which leads to to or from a store room, cabin of small [..]

A strip of canvas secured to the foot of the course (square sail) to increase sail area in light airs.

a strip of canvas laced onto the bottom of a loose footed jib in order to increase the sail area in fair weather. The bonnet is removed when wind velocity increases again.

An addition to a sail by lacing a short piece to its foot; common in America and on some fishing vessel, not often seen in British yachts.

The cover on a gate valve.

n. 1. That part of an automobile which is at the other end from the BOOT. Some countries refer to it as the hood.

The bonnet may be used to guide the stem. It is part of the valve pressure retaining boundary and contains the packing box and stem seal. The bonnet may be integral to the valve body or bolted or scre [..]

bon-it The part of a valve that packs off and encloses the valve stem.

The part of a valve that packs off and encloses the valve stem.