sunbonnet

English

Etymology

sun +‎ bonnet

Noun

sunbonnet (plural sunbonnets)

1. A hat (bonnet) worn for protection from bright sunlight.
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section xi

     She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket.