Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loose cloak or mantle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cloak or mantle.
- noun Specifically A woman's cloak or outer garment; especially, a mantle open in front and displaying the skirt or petticoat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman's cloak or mantle.
- noun obsolete A gown worn by women.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cloak orgown , especially of a kind popular with women in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Un jour j'e suis fait un trip sur Sephiroth en train de s'acheter c fringue 'Ouais j'veux un grand manteau style avec des ceinture sur le torse * mate un manteau*' non pas assez long rooooh pis ya pas ma taille!! '
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2005
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Female students are barred from campuses for wearing bright colors or too short a "manteau"
unknown title 2009
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Female students are barred from campuses for wearing bright colors or too short a "manteau"
unknown title 2009
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Female students are barred from campuses for wearing bright colors or too short a "manteau"
unknown title 2009
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Female students are barred from campuses for wearing bright colors or too short a "manteau"
13WHAM: Top Stories 2009
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Female students are barred from campuses for wearing bright colors or too short a "manteau"
unknown title 2009
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They are also best friends, old army buddies, and the definition of the porte manteau ‘bromance.’
REVIEW: Repo Men « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010
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Elle a l'air bien penaude dans son manteau "cinquième-patte"
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Elle a l'air bien penaude dans son manteau "cinquième-patte"
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Portmanteau is itself a portmanteau word formed from the French words porter (“to carry”) and manteau (“cloak”).
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