sun-bonnet

Mrs.C. wore an old print skirt, an old short-gown, a print apron, and a sun-bonnet, with a flap coming down to her waist, and looked as careworn and clean as she always does.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

All her waking hours are spent in a large sun-bonnet.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

She intended it as a formal morning call, but she wore the inevitable sun-bonnet, and had her dress tied up as when washing.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

She was ashamed, besides, of the sun-bonnet that so well became her, and ashamed of her bare arms, which were her greatest beauty.

Lay Morals 2005

Mrs Flint went running back across the pasture, in a sun-bonnet, because she was really a schoolteacher.

Lady Chatterley's Lover 2004

Old Mrs. Storefield was pottering about in the garden with a big sun-bonnet on.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

We have had to run ashore for shelter every time it has rained heretofore, but Joseph has been putting in his odd time making a waterproof sun-bonnet for the boat, & now we sail along dry, although we have had many heavy showers this morning.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

I put on the sun-bonnet and tied it under my chin, and then for a body to look in and see my face was like looking down a joint of stove-pipe.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2003

Across the street, a heavyset woman in a sun-bonnet was tilling a garden with an ancient Case lawn tractor.

The Empress File Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23- 1991

Upon entering the church, a few middle-aged people were grouped, talking in loud tones; in a corner sat a female figure in a home-spun, striped cotton gown, and a sun-bonnet, stiffened with paste-board, of such an extent as to preclude all possible view of her face; but from its depths proceeded a voice making quavers and variations to lengthy hymns; an exercise from which the owner must have received great solace.

Bond and Free: A Tale of the South 1984