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† ˈtonnel, -ell Obs.
Also 4 tonele, 4–7 tonel, 5 tonell.
[Earlier form of tunnel, a. OF. tonel, tonnel, mod.F. tonneau, deriv. of tonne cask, med.L. tonna, tunna. The corresponding med.L. form was tonnellus masc., but the more usual and normal form was tonnella fem., dim. of tonna, tunna. See further under tunnel.]
1. A cask or barrel for wine or other commodities.
[c1002Laws æthelred iv. ii. §10 Duos caballinos tonellos aceto plenos. 1341–2Ely Sacr. Rolls (1907) II. 117 In xij hopes pro tonelis... In iij staues pro uno tonele. 1390–1Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 24 Johanni Clerk pro ij tonnellis, pris de tonnello iijs... Willelmo Franch pro j tonella j pipa de Rynen vjs.] 1483Act 1 Rich. III, c. 13. §1 Every Tonell to hold xijxx xij galons. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 111 b/1 A good woman whyche had but a lytyl wyn in her tonnel or vessel. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. xxix. 72 A fish which y⊇ sea did cast a land. yt was greater then any Tonel. 1601Tate Househ. Ord. Edw. II (1876) 61 If any tonel be found to be corrupt..let the botome of the tonel be knocked out, and the wine spilt. 1880O. Crawfurd Portugal Old & New 256 [The wine] is drawn into tonels [= Pg. toneles], huge casks often with a capacity of over thirty pipes. 1884S. Dowell Hist. Taxation I. ii. ii. 28 The Bishop of Winchester owes a tonell of good wine for not reminding the king (John) about a girdle for the countess of Albemarle.
b. Comb. tonnel-hoop, a hoop of a cask.
1341–2Ely Sacr. Rolls (1907) II. 117 In iiij staues pro uno tonele et iij tonelhopes. Item pro j tonelhope et ij paylhopes.
†2. Early spelling, in various senses, of tunnel. |