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bishop's mantles

bishop's mantles is the plural of bishop's mantle.

Meaning of bishop's mantle

Noun

bishop's mantle (plural bishop's mantles)

  1. A tippet (shoulder protection), often with a collar and/or cape, of mail.
    • The second illustration shows a case devoted to the equipment of the "Landsknecht" soldiers, that famous body […] High up in the centre is a chain mail tippet or "Bishop's mantle," so frequently depicted by the engravers […]1925, Royal Ontario Museum. Division of Art and Archaeology, Bulletin, Issues 3-5; Issues 7-11, page 18
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bishop, mantle.

Questions about bishop's mantles

What is bishop's mantles the plural of?
Bishop's mantles is the plural of bishop's mantle.

Words near bishop's mantles in the dictionary

  1. Bishop's Hull
  2. Bishop's Itchington
  3. bishop's length
  4. Bishop's Lynn
  5. bishop's mantle
  6. bishop's mantles
  7. bishop's nose
  8. Bishop's Nympton
  9. Bishop's Opening
  10. bishop's pawn
  11. bishop's pawns

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