Emily Dickinson Lexicon

bonnet (-s), n. [ME < OFr chapel de bonet, hat or cap, < med. L.] (webplay: distant, faces, foot, forehead, head, rows, sides, small, way, winds, worn).

1. Head-covering; woman's hat; feminine cap; [fig.] petal; blossom; flower.
2. Cap; peak; top; crest; pinnacle; highest point; [fig.] snow-capped mountain.
3. Head-dress; fancy veil; [fig.] colorful clouds; (see Isaiah 3:20).
4. Crown; diadem; [fig.] bird's head.
5. Headstone; grave marker.
6. Zenith; upper track; higher path; highest point.