manteau
Americannoun
plural
manteaus, manteauxnoun
Etymology
Origin of manteau
From French, dating back to 1665–75; mantle
Example Sentences
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“This is not a manteau, Khanoumi. This is a shirt.”
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2016
A well-groomed woman, wearing a fashionable manteau and with a fully made-up face—perhaps she was the boy’s mother—whispered loudly from the line to him.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2016
My clients are the slightly more creative ones, not the standard pin stripe/porte manteau types.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2012
Rollon est v�tu d'une longue tunique, par-dessus laquelle est un manteau couleur de pourpre, ou esp�ce de chlamyde attach�e � l'�paule droite; il porte sur sa t�te une couronne.
From Architectural Antiquities of Normandy by Cotman, John Sell
Pardessus manteau of claret velvet, fastening to the throat; it is ornamented with a narrow silk trimming: this manteau is lined with white silk, quilted in large squares.
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
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