mandilion

American  

[man-dil-yuhn] / mænˈdɪl yən /

noun

1. a short cloak, with full hanging sleeves, often open or slit under the arms, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries.

2. a similar garment without sleeves, worn by servants in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Etymology

Origin of mandilion

1570–80; < Middle French < Italian mandiglione, augmentative of mandiglia < Middle French mandil ( le ) ≪ Medieval Greek mandḗlion < Latin mantēl ( i ) um hand towel, napkin

Example Sentences

This Getulian I say, fortuned to encounter a lion, and when he was violently assailed by him, made no more adoe but threw his mandilion or cassocke full upon his eies.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William