manteau
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of manteau
From French, dating back to 1665–75; see origin at 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
Dès l'aube du lundi 6 mai 1527, le connétable, à cheval, la cuirasse couverte d'un manteau blanc, marcha vers le Borgo, dont les murailles, à la hauteur de San-Spirito, étaient d'accès facile....
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
La Vierge-Marie auprès de mon poële Est venue hier, en manteau brodé, Et m’a dit: Voici, caché sous mon voile, Le petit qu’un jour tu m’as demandé.
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by Henley, William Ernest
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