noun, feminine/tɔn/plural: tonnes
large barrel; tonne, metric ton; ton
“en faire des tonnes”
Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin tunna, tonna, itself from a Celtic word cognate to Irish tonn.
/tɔn/
large barrel; tonne, metric ton; ton
“en faire des tonnes”
Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin tunna, tonna, itself from a Celtic word cognate to Irish tonn.
a tonlet; a piece of medieval European armor of articulated lames or long flared metal skirt protecting the hips and thighs
“Pour combattre à pied, les gentilshommes employaient une armure spéciale qui, à cause de sa longue jupe de fer évasée et sans tassettes, s'appelait tonnelet, armure à tonne, armure pour combattre à pied;[…] XVIe siècle. Une belle armure à tonne, ayant […]” — To fight on foot, gentlemen employed a special armour which, because of its long iron skirt, flared and without tassets, is called tonlet, tonne armour, armour for fighting on foot; […] 16th century. A beautiful tonne armour, having […]
Compare tonnelet (English tonlet).