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🚚 A truck cover 🍷 A large barrel 🚗 Open car seat
tonneau

tonneau

9.9
An open back area of an old car where people can sit
  • noun
  • /tɒnˈoʊ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : asiento trasero
  • Vintage cars with an open tonneau are popular among classic automobile enthusiasts.

Examples

  • The couple enjoyed the parade from the tonneau of a beautifully restored antique car.

  • He carefully polished the wooden trim around the tonneau before the car show.

  • The classic car features a spacious tonneau for passengers.

  • Many vintage cars have a tonneau that adds to their charm.

  • The couple enjoyed the parade from the tonneau of a beautifully restored antique car.

  • Vintage cars with an open tonneau are popular among classic automobile enthusiasts.

  • Many vintage cars have a tonneau that adds to their charm.

Synonyms

backseat
vstonneau
74 1.0

A seat behind the front seats of a car where passengers sit

is the whole open rear passenger compartment rather than a single passenger place

How Open

platform
86 2.1
tonneau
  • Archaic
9.9
cabin
108 1.3

Surface Forms

tonneau singular
tonneaux plural

Etymology

Tonneau comes from the French for 'barrel' because the open rear seats of early cars were rounded like a barrel. That shape is why tonneau also means the open back passenger area in old or classic cars.