manteau
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of manteau
From French, dating back to 1665–75; see origin at mantle
Example Sentences
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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
It was a light-blue gown and petticoat of rich satin, sprigged with silver, and a manteau of dark-blue velvet trimmed with bands of delicate fur.
From The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York by Hampe, Theo.
The notaire, hastening to Cedillo, takes up hastily “son manteau et son chapeau.”
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
How fortunate you've got your new manteau Next week to go your round of visits in!
From Love's Comedy by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
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