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mantlets

mantlets is the plural of mantlet.

Meaning of mantlet

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.

Phrases with mantlets

Questions about mantlets

What is mantlets the plural of?
Mantlets is the plural of mantlet.

Words near mantlets in the dictionary

  1. mantlest
  2. mantlet
  3. mantleth
  4. mantletree
  5. mantletrees
  6. mantlets
  7. mantling
  8. mantlings
  9. manto
  10. mantodean
  11. mantodeans

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