mantelet

American  

[man-tl-et, mant-lit] / ˈmæn tlˌɛt, ˈmænt lɪt /

noun

1. a short mantle.

2. Military. Also mantlet

   1. manta.

   2. any of various bulletproof shelters or screens.

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mantelet British  

/ ˈmæntəˌlɛt /

noun

1. a woman's short mantle, often lace-trimmed, worn in the mid-19th century

2. a portable bulletproof screen or shelter

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Etymology

Origin of mantelet

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French; mantle, -et

Example Sentences

Winter mantelet of black velvet and blue satin, lined with blue satin, and trimmed with blue loose fringe, mixed with ends of black twisted chenille.

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Silks form the most suitable material for out-of-door costume, and mantelets are more in vogue than the gossamer-like shawls of July.

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Oh, what headdresses! what silks! what a bonnet, what a mantelet!

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Mantelets are much worn, and are of two different forms—the scarf mantelet, and the little round shawl mantelet.

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The first thing they did was to advance their carpenters behind rolling mantelets, and to erect a stockade high and strong on the very edge of the moat.

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