mantling

[ mant-ling ]

/ ˈmænt lɪŋ /

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noun Heraldry.

a decorative piece of cloth represented as hanging from a torse so as to cover the sides and rear of a helmet and often so as to frame the escutcheon below.

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Also called lambrequin.

Origin of mantling

First recorded in 1500–10; mantle + -ing¹

Words nearby mantling

mantle, mantlepiece, mantle plume, mantle rock, mantletree, mantling, man-to-man, man-to-man defense, Mantoux test, Mantova, mantra

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How to use mantling in a sentence

As the operation proceeded, a snow-white head of milky foam rose mantling in the can.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850|Various
She raised herself on her pillow, the long hair mantling her shoulders and aureoling the death-like face.
Tess of the Storm Country|Grace Miller White
Her mantling color, her heaving bosom, and the fond, wistful lights in her dark eyes told how very happy she was.
Through the Wall|Cleveland Moffett
Surely no boy ever played the fool as Bob Ewart used to play it, no boy had a readier knack of mantling the world with wonder.
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells

The helmets were almost hidden by the large crests and the scarlet mantling, and the metal exposed was generally gilt.
Armour in England|J. Starkie Gardner

British Dictionary definitions for mantling

mantling

/ (ˈmæntlɪŋ) /

noun

heraldry the drapery or scrollwork around a shield

Word Origin for mantling

C16: from mantle

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