vbl. sb. [f. BONNET v. + -ING1.]
a. The action of putting on a bonnet. b. The act of crushing a person’s hat over his eyes.
1826. Miss Mitford, Village, Ser. II. (1863), 277. Oh, the lacing, the bracing, the bonneting, the veiling, the gloving.
1867. Mrs. Wood, Orville Coll. (1879), 426. He had not enjoyed his bonneting.
