tonlet

[tuhn-lit]

noun Armor.

a skirt of plates.

Origin of tonlet

< French tonnelet keg, Middle French, probably diminutive of tonel cask (see tunnel) from its resemblance to staves

Also called lamboy.

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The Tonlet suit (Fig. 35) was used solely for fighting on foot.
Armour & Weapons
Charles John Ffoulkes