Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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UGLY, n. A protective shade attached to the front of a woman's bonnet for protection from the sun; specif. a bonnet made of cloth, usu. gingham, stretched over a high cane framework worn by women field-workers as a shield against sun and wind (Clc., Fif., Bwk., Rxb. 1973). Also in Nhb. dial.Rxb. 1917 Kelso Chronicle (18 May):
“Bondagers” wore “uglies” and extemporised breeklets or straw ropes up to the knee.e.Lth. 1963 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 138:
One of the women wearing an “ugly” of deep, deep blue — that uncouth yet picturesque sunbonnet still to be seen in these red fields.
