mantua
noun
a woman's loose gown worn as a robe or overdress in the early 18th century.
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mantua
1 American
[man-choo-uh]
/ ˈmæn tʃu ə /
noun
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a woman's loose gown worn as a robe or overdress in the early 18th century.
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a mantle.
Mantua
2
American
[man-choo-uh]
/ ˈmæn tʃu ə /
noun
Mantua
1
British
/ ˈmæntjʊə /
noun
mantua
2
British
/ ˈmæntjʊə /
noun
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“Madam,” I pressed, “I have it on the best authority that among the finest mantua makers of London, the pannier is no longer the mode.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
The fabric of Taryn’s is gorgeous, the cut of her mantua and stomacher perfect.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Meanwhile all Claudia Merlin's time was taken up with milliners, mantua makers, and jewelers.
From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
But what cares laughing Nance for Master Baggs' spiteful paragraph about the mantua petticoat.
From The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield by Edward Robins
Among those organized in Philadelphia were hand-loom weavers, plasterers, bricklayers, black and white smiths, cigar makers, plumbers, and women workers including tailoresses, seamstresses, binders, folders, milliners, corset makers, and mantua workers.
From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Selig Perlman
Located in the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, Italy, the sumptuously painted, illusionistic chamber depicts the era’s civic society and figures from classical antiquity and myth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Film director Bruce Beresford updated the ducal court of Mantua to present-day Beverly Hills and Venice Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
The Mantua section is in western Philadelphia, near the Schuylkill River.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
Andrea Ronca, who grows cereals for his family's cattle farm in the province of Mantua in northern Italy, uses satellite images to track where his land is driest.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
Her current project is a book on Andrea Mantegna, and he impresses her, remembering correctly that his frescoes are in Mantua, in the Palazzo Ducale.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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