bonnetstring
English
Etymology
bonnet + string
Noun
bonnetstring (plural bonnetstrings)
- (usually in the plural) A string that fastens a bonnet on the wearer's head.
- 1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Minister's Wooing
- He was actually afraid of her; her glove, her shoe, her needle, thread, and thimble, her bonnetstring, everything, in short, she wore or touched became invested with a mysterious charm.
- 1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Minister's Wooing