tonlet
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tonlet
- /ˈtɔn.lɛt/
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From Middle English tonlet, Old French tonnelet (French tonnelet (“high breeches; keg”)).
noun tonlets · tonnelet
- A long armoured skirt, designed for combat on foot. Accordingly, the Greenwich armoury hurriedly prepared a somewhat more conventional suit of foot combat armour made from existing pieces but incorporating newly made symmetrical pauldrons and a tonlet.
- One of the plates which make up such a skirt. Soon after this the six or eight "tonlets" grow fewer, being continued on the lower edge by the so-called tuilles, small plates strapped to the tonlets and swinging with the movement of the legs.
Talk about this word "tonlet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tonlet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tonlet. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tonlet "tonlet." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tonlet.Cite this
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title = {tonlet},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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