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mantlet

UK/ˈmæntlət/

mantlet noun: a short sleeveless cloak or cape.

mantlet: a short sleeveless cloak or cape
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Noun

mantlet (plural mantlets)

  1. A short sleeveless cloak or cape.
  2. (historical) A portable screen or other covering, especially as used to protect the approach of soldiers engaged in a siege.
    • Already their archers were stealing forward, pushing their rolling mantlets.2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 779
  3. A mantelletta.

Forms of mantlet

pluralmantlets
alternative formmantelet

Origin of mantlet

From Middle English mauntelet, from Old French mantelet, diminutive of mantel (“mantle”). Doublet of mantelletta.

Questions about mantlet

What does mantlet mean?
Mantlet means a short sleeveless cloak or cape.
What part of speech is mantlet?
Mantlet is a noun.
How do you pronounce mantlet?
Mantlet is pronounced /ˈmæntlət/ (UK).
What is the plural of mantlet?
The plural of mantlet is mantlets.

Words near mantlet in the dictionary

  1. mantlepieces
  2. mantles
  3. mantleslug
  4. mantleslugs
  5. mantlest
  6. mantlet
  7. mantleth
  8. mantletree
  9. mantletrees
  10. mantlets
  11. mantling

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