bonnetstring

A string that fastens a bonnet on the wearer's head.

Noun

  1. A string that fastens a bonnet on the wearer's head.
    • 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,...

Origin

From bonnet + string.

Forms

bonnetstrings