tonnelet

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English

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Noun

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tonnelet (plural tonnelets)

  1. Alternative form of tonlet
    • 1920, Sir Guy Francis Laking, Charles Alexander baron de Cosson, A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries:
      The head-piece is a salade of German shape, with a lifting visor beneath which, attached to the breastplate [...] The most remarkable plates of this armour are those which compose its skirt or tonnelet, a part known in France as the grande braconnière: this skirt, which covers the thighs, consists of six plates.
    • 1992, Stephen Varick Dock, Costume & Fashion in the Plays of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière: A Seventeenth-century Perspective:
      It consisted of a helmet with a pointed visor decorated with plumes along the crest, an ornate breastplate with a stomacher, a tonnelet covered with two different rows of bullion, and ankleboots.

French

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Etymology

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From Old French tonelet, diminutive of tonel (Modern French tonneau).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɔn.lɛ/
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Noun

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tonnelet m (plural tonnelets)

  1. keg (round wooden container that has a flat top and bottom)

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