mantelet
[man-tl-et, mant-lit]
- a short mantle.
- Also mantlet. Military.
- manta(def 3).
- any of various bulletproof shelters or screens.
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Origin of mantelet
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Historical Examples
It requires great dexterity in cutting out the mantelet to give a graceful appearance to this innovation.
On the memorable occasion of which I speak I was habited in a crimson satin dress, with a sky-blue Arabian mantelet.
The Works of Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe
He remembereth his worthies: They stumble in their march; They make haste to the wall thereof, And the mantelet is prepared.
The most interesting example which we have met of the employment of the pavis and mantelet, is in a picture in the Harl.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle AgesEdward Lewes Cutts
But the special point for which we give the woodcut here, is to illustrate the use of the mantelet.
Scenes and Characters of the Middle AgesEdward Lewes Cutts
mantelet
mantlet
- a woman's short mantle, often lace-trimmed, worn in the mid-19th century
- a portable bulletproof screen or shelter
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French, diminutive of mantel mantle
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