Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rear seating compartment of an early type of automobile.
- noun A removable cover that fits tightly over the cargo box of a pickup truck.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tub.
- noun A name given by French builders of motorcars to the rounded or cask-like rear body of the vehicle.
- noun See
êtonne .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded body and rear entrance.
- noun (Automobiles) Orig., the after part of the body with entrance at the rear (as in vehicle in def. 1); now, one with sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a door usually at the side, also, the entire body of an automobile having such an after part.
- noun same as
Tonne .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The rear body or compartment of some types of motor vehicle, especially one containing seats for passengers.
- noun An old-style open passenger vehicle with a tonneau (rear compartment with seats).
- noun Short for
tonneau cover .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tonneau.
Examples
-
There will be one set of batteries there, together with the motor, and another set of batteries will be placed under the removable seats in what I call the tonneau, though, of course, it isn't really that.
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road Victor [pseud.] Appleton
-
There was only Helen on the front seat of the car; but in the tonneau was a bundled-up figure surmounted by what looked to be a scarlet cap which Ruth knew instantly must be Tom's.
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret Alice B. Emerson
-
In the tonneau was a matronly woman and three girls including "L'Enfant Terrible," all,
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
-
Behind in the tonneau were her maid of honor, a young Syrian woman with a baby in her arms and four other black-eyed children about her.
Tish 1916
-
Behind in the tonneau were her maid of honor, a young Syrian woman with a baby in her arms and four other black-eyed children about her.
Tish Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917
-
In town a defective sparkplug brings the close attention of a crowd which exchanges opinions as to whether the lady in the tonneau is your wife.
The Patient Observer And His Friends Simeon Strunsky 1913
-
In the front of the tonneau was a large packing-case.
Lady Bountiful George A. Birmingham 1907
-
The "tonneau" is open at the upper edge and is closed by a conical roof (Fig. 18).
5 Cassava 1978
-
The "tonneau" can be compared to a large barrel and is erected on a low platform.
5 Cassava 1978
-
The "tonneau" consists of a wooden frame in which mats are stretched.
5 Cassava 1978
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.