Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A skirt made of narrow metal plates worn as armor.
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- noun historical An
armoured skirt .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Middle English, from Middle French tonnellet, from diminutive of Old French tonnelle, tubular trellis or net; see tunnel.]
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Examples
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The second figure (XXIX), which wants the leg armour, is of the kind known as a tonlet, and has a skirt of horizontal lames engraved.
Authorised Guide to the Tower of London W. J. Loftie 1875
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