The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BONNET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BONNET
- Lay outside on new hat
- In poem bishop replaces second hat
- Hat or hood imported from US to UK
- Hood taking gamble round about the end of Prohibition
- Posh bloke turned over by rake in hood
- Good French tenor’s headgear
- Hat figure put on head, lifted up
- Cover bishop looking at website?
- Nancy’s good time — topping for a lady!
- A capital investment for Easter
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What does BONNET mean?
BONNET noun- A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.
- A traditional Scottish woollen brimless cap; a bunnet.
- (by extension) The polishing head of a power buffer, often made of wool.
- The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car; a hood.
- A length of canvas attached to a fore-and-aft sail to increase the pulling power.
- An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid.
- The second stomach of a ruminant.
- Anything resembling a bonnet (hat) in shape or use.
- To put a bonnet on.
- To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
- To pull the bonnet or cap down over the head of.