tonneau
French → English
(transport) Roll: the complete rotation of a vehicle or aircraft about its longitudinal axis, often during an accident
La voiture a fait plusieurs tonneaux avant de s'immobiliser dans le fossé.
(English) The car rolled several times before coming to a stop in the ditch.
Le pilote a effectué un tonneau spectaculaire lors de la démonstration aérienne.
(English) The pilot performed a spectacular roll during the aerial demonstration.
(measurement) Ton: a unit of volume used to measure the carrying capacity of a ship
Ce vieux navire de commerce a une capacité de huit cents tonneaux.
(English) This old merchant ship has a capacity of eight hundred tons.
Le yacht de vingt tonneaux a traversé l'Atlantique en un temps record.
(English) The twenty-ton yacht crossed the Atlantic in record time.
Entry ID: fr:en:tonneau · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary