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What Is a Tonneau Cover?
A tonneau cover is basically a fancy way of saying pickup truck bed cover. Tonneau covers keep the bed of your pickup truck protected. There are lots of types
on the market, but they all really do the same thing: cover your truck bed. Pickup truck owners look for tonneau covers for many reasons. Mainly, to secure
their cargo, protect their truck bed from rain and snow, and keep their truck looking sleek.
We’ll go over all the basics you need to know about what a tonneau cover is. But first, let’s back up a bit.
WHY ARE THEY CALLED “TONNEAU COVERS”?
What’s the deal with the word “tonneau?” Tonneau is a French word that means “barrel” or “cask.”
Some early cars had an open back compartment with passenger seats. The area was rounded like a barrel, hence “tonneau.” At the time, drivers could use
soft leather tonneau covers to protect the passenger seats from the weather when they weren’t in use. Racers would cover their additional seats with
tonneau covers to reduce drag and increase speed.
The Wikipedia entry for Tonneau has more details about these early cars and a few pictures too. Offroad Xtreme also explains why it is called a flat tonneau
cover.
Our cars have advanced a lot since then, but an open area like a truck bed is still called a tonneau. In fact, tonneau also applies to the open area in an
uncovered sports car. For example, the passenger seat in a Porsche Boxster is referred to as a tonneau.
That’s how we end up with tonneau cover as something that protects the bed of your pickup truck. And that’s it! Now you know why the French word for
barrel refers to pickup truck bed covers today.
