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mantle-trees

mantle-trees is the plural of mantle-tree.

Meaning of mantle-tree

Noun

mantle-tree (plural mantle-trees)

  1. (archaic) A beam of wood over the opening of an open fireplace, from which items were hung.
    • No more shall I from mantle-trees hang down
      To honour thee, my little parlsey crown.1600's. Robert Herrick (1591-1674), To Larr (poem)
    Synonyms:
    chambranle, mantle

Questions about mantle-trees

What is mantle-trees the plural of?
Mantle-trees is the plural of mantle-tree.

Words near mantle-trees in the dictionary

  1. mantle plume
  2. mantle plumes
  3. mantle-piece
  4. mantle-pieces
  5. mantle-tree
  6. mantle-trees
  7. mantled
  8. mantled ground squirrel
  9. mantled guereza
  10. mantled guerezas
  11. mantlepiece

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