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bongrace

bongrace noun: a brim or shade projecting from a bonnet.

Noun

bongrace (plural bongraces)

  1. (obsolete) A brim or shade projecting from a bonnet.
  2. (obsolete) A type of wide-brimmed hat, often made of straw.
    • Her dark elf-locks shot out like the snakes of the gorgon, between an old-fashioned bonnet called a Bongrace, heightening the singular effect of her strong and weather-beaten features, which they partly shadowed, while her eye had a wild roll that indicated something like real or affected insanity.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...

Forms of bongrace

pluralbongraces

Origin of bongrace

French [Term?]

Questions about bongrace

What does bongrace mean?
Bongrace means a brim or shade projecting from a bonnet.
What part of speech is bongrace?
Bongrace is a noun.
What is the plural of bongrace?
The plural of bongrace is bongraces.

Words near bongrace in the dictionary

  1. bongoes
  2. bongoing
  3. bongoist
  4. bongoists
  5. bongos
  6. bongrace
  7. bongraces
  8. bongs
  9. Bongsod
  10. bongwater
  11. bonham

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