Meaning of tonnelet | Babel Free

Definitions

Vêtement de scène court, en usage au XVIIᵉ siècle, porté par les hommes et donné comme évoquant l’Antiquité.

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“The head-piece is a salade of German shape, with a lifting visor beneath which, attached to the breastplate [...] The most remarkable plates of this armour are those which compose its skirt or tonnelet, a part known in France as the grande braconnière: this skirt, which covers the thighs, consists of six plates.”

“It consisted of a helmet with a pointed visor decorated with plumes along the crest, an ornate breastplate with a stomacher, a tonnelet covered with two different rows of bullion, and ankleboots.”

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