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单词 tonnel
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tonneltonnelln.

Forms: Also Middle English tonele, Middle English–1600s tonel, Middle English tonell.
Etymology: Earlier form of tunnel n., < Old French tonel , tonnel , modern French tonneau , derivative of tonne cask, medieval Latin tonna , tunna . The corresponding medieval Latin form was tonnellus (masculine), but the more usual and normal form was tonnella (feminine), diminutive of tonna , tunna . See further under tunnel n.
Obsolete.
1. A cask or barrel for wine or other commodities.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun]
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colle?a1500
fostella1510
cap1519
firkett1523
cask1557
butt1572
botozio1622
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drum1871
c991–1002 Laws Æthelred iv. ii. §10 Duos caballinos tonellos aceto plenos.
1341–2 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 117 In xij hopes pro tonelis... In iij staues pro uno tonele.
1390–1 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 24 Johanni Clerk pro ij tonnellis, pris de tonnello iijs... Willelmo Franch pro j tonella j pipa de Rynen vjs.]
1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 13. §1 Every Tonell to hold xijxx xij galons.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 111 b/1 A good woman whyche had but a lytyl wyn in her tonnel or vessel.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. xxix. 72 A fish which ye sea did cast a land. yt was greater then any Tonel.
1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) 61 If any tonel be found to be corrupt..let the botome of the tonel be knocked out, and the wine spilt.
1880 O. Crawfurd Portugal 256 [The wine] is drawn into tonels [= Portuguese toneles], huge casks often with a capacity of over thirty pipes.
1884 S. Dowell Hist. Taxation in Eng. 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.
2. Early spelling, in various senses, of tunnel n.

Compounds

tonnel-hoop n. a hoop of a cask.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > hoop
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girr1611
gird1612
neck-hoop1641
1341–2 in F. R. Chapman Sacrist Rolls Ely (1907) II. 117 In iiij staues pro uno tonele et iij tonelhopes. Item pro j tonelhope et ij paylhopes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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