Word Meanings - TONNEAU - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded body and rear entrance. 2. Orig., the after part of the body with entrance at the rear ; now, one with sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a door usually at the side,

Additional info about word: TONNEAU

1. In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded body and rear entrance. 2. Orig., the after part of the body with entrance at the rear ; 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. 3. = Tonne.

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