Definition of Tonneau

1. n. In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded body and rear entrance.

Definition of Tonneau

1. Noun. (alternative form of tonneau cover) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tonneau

1. the rear seating compartment of an automobile [n -NEAUS or -NEAUX]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonneau

tonka beans
tonkatsu
tonked
tonker
tonkers
tonking
tonks
tonlet
tonlets
tonnag
tonnage
tonnage duty
tonnages
tonnags
tonne
tonneau (current term)
tonneau cover
tonneaus
tonneaux
tonnell
tonnells
tonner
tonners
tonnes
tonnihood
tonnish
tono-
tonoclonic
tonoclonic spasm
tonofibril

Literary usage of Tonneau

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Horseless Age (1902)
"The weight of machine with tonneau is 1250 pounds. ... The Long Distance Type C " tonneau. The United States Long Distance Automobile Company, Jersey City, ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Man in the tonneau. A. Harper. Outing. 63: 465-7. Ja. '14. Motor amenities. J: K. Bangs. .... tonneau ..."

3. A History of the French Revolution by Henry Morse Stephens (1886)
"... -tonneau—The bishops— The Archbishop of Aix—The right—Mounier and Malouet—The left—The extreme left—The centre—Garat—Excitement in Paris —New ..."

4. Le Parnasse Français: A Book of French Poetry, from A. D. 1550 to the by James Parton (1877)
"Et Ponto me regarde avec son œil honnête. LE tonneau DE LA HAINE. CHARLES BAUDELAIRE. ... LA Haine est le tonneau des pâles Da- ..."

5. The Law of Automobiles by Xenophon Pearce Huddy (1909)
"Persons in tonneau. In a prosecution for operating an automobile at an excessive rate of speed, proof that the machine, which was registered with the ..."

6. Camille Desmoulins and His Wife: Passages from the History of the Dantonists by Jules Claretie, Frances Cashel Hoey (1876)
"Polemics and law-suits—Mirabeau-tonneau, Talon, Malouet—The duellists—Desessarts, the actor, and Sanson, the executioner—Ca- mille's attitude. ..."

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