Tonnelet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tonnelet is a noun meaning Alternative form of tonlet.
Meaning
Alternative form of tonlet.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- tonnelets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mantelet, corsolette, gantlet, salet, corcelet, corselette.
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