Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A beam, a stone, or an arch that functions as a lintel on a fireplace, supporting the masonry above.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, a beam behind the mantelpiece serving as the lintel to a fireplace, sometimes replaced by a brick arch, to which the name is also given.
- noun Same as
mantelpiece .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
mantel
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English mantiltre : mantle, mantle; see mantle + tre, beam; see tree.]
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Examples
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Well, certainly, that prayer seemed to take us all right up and put us down in heaven! and when I opened my eyes, and saw the roses and asparagus-bushes on the manteltree-piece, I had to ask myself, 'Where have I been?'
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various
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