De quoi est fait tonneau
A wooden container of staves bound with hoops.
- Barrel staves — a pour partie. Curved oak planks.
- Barrel hoops — a pour partie. Metal hoops pull the staves together.
- Barrel heads — a pour partie. End caps.
- Iron — est fait de. The staves are bound with iron hoops.
- Wood — est fait de. Barrels are assembled from wooden staves.
- Steel — est fait de. Barrels today are steel: oil is shipped in them, hence the barrel as a unit.