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Definition of Tonlet
1. a skirt of plate armor [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonlet
Literary usage of Tonlet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1912)
"At Madrid also are fine tonlet suits of Philip II and of Charles V. Here in the
Tower is a figure with a collapsible tonlet skirt, but it is not certain ..."
2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"The most curious part of the present suit is the tonlet, a system of lames or
half-hoops of steel, which, supported by leather straps inside, descend nearly ..."
3. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Armour known as a tonlet; to the left, 6, 7. Equestrian suits, one partly gilt;
to the right, *5. Magnificent suit, of German workmanship, said to have been ..."
4. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"Armour known as a tonlet; to the left, 6, 7. Equestrian suits, one partly gilt;
to the right, *5- Magnificent suit, of German workmanship, said to have been ..."
5. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1911)
"Armour known as a tonlet, 28. Foot-armour; to the left, 6, 7. Equestrian suits,
one partly gilt; to the right, *5. Magnificent suit, of German workmanship, ..."
6. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"... slit open, washed from their slimy tonlet, divested of a very thin membrane
which envelops the sound, and then exposed to stiffen a little in the air. ..."
7. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1885)
"... the owner of tonlet. Fairlie House, a mansion in Dundonald parish, Ayrshire,
on the left bank of the Irvine, ..."
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