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单词 bonneting
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bonnetingn.

Brit. /ˈbɒnᵻtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbɑnədɪŋ/
Forms: 1800s– bonneting, 1800s– bonnetting.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bonnet v., bonnet n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < bonnet v. + -ing suffix1, and partly < bonnet n. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action or fact of putting on or wearing a bonnet; the practice of wearing bonnets. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > with specific clothing > other
hosing1340
swaddlingc1522
veiling1566
hoodingc1575
vesting1648
superinvestiture1681
shawling1815
bonneting1822
cloaking1824
gloving1826
fancy dressing1848
dressing up1861
costuming1886
uniforming1891
1822 Euterpeiad 23 June 53/3 The present system of bonneting among our belles is equally absurd.
1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) II. 277 Oh, the lacing, the bracing, the bonneting, the veiling, the gloving.
1878 Trans. Med. Soc. N.Y. 226 The absolute impossibility of a personal supervision by the teacher of the bonneting and cloaking of hundreds of little ones.
2011 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 3 Apr. (Travel section) 4 Two ladies from Sussex with a fetish for period dress (‘bonneting’, one tells me, ‘is an expensive habit’).
2. slang (chiefly British and Australian). The action or an act of suddenly or unexpectedly pulling or pushing a person's hat over the eyes to obscure his or her vision. Cf. bonnet v. 3. Now historical.In quot. 1825 apparently somewhat more generally denoting any prank involving doing something to a person's hat.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > [noun] > action of blindfolding > crushing person's hat over eyes
bonneting1825
1825 ‘J. Bee’ Sportsman's Slang 25 Here ‘to cap’ is to give the person capped a rap on the hat... In ‘the city of cities’ they sometimes call it bonneting; but when they press down the hat over the eyes, some call it Tom Dodd-ing.
1832 Times 14 Aug. An immense hat was pulled over his head and forced down upon his chin, by which ‘bonnetting’, as it was called, he was completely blindfolded.
1867 Liverpool Mercury 18 Oct. 10/4 Though we heard stories of bonnetings and ramping, we never saw anything of the kind.
1920 M. Stacpoole & H. De V. Stacpoole Man who found Himself iii. 79 Simon seemed calculating the distance with a view to the bonneting of the enquirer.
2006 T. Irving Southern Tree of Liberty x. 154 The bonneting and abusing of ‘the black hats’ by the Cabbage Tree Mob..were just the most theatrical (and harmless) aspects of this turbulence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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