Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A short cape.
- noun A mobile screen or shield formerly used to protect besieging soldiers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A short cloak or mantle.
- noun A woman's garment, narrower than the mantle, and approaching the form of a tippet or broad scarf, worn over the shoulders.
- noun Same as
cointoise . See alsolambrequin , 1 . - noun In gunnery, a shield to protect men serving guns in embrasures, casemates, or portholes from the bullets of sharpshooters.
- noun A movable roof or screen used in sieges, etc., to protect the besiegers in their attacks. See cat-castle, vinea, sow, 4.
- noun A movable shelter used in a hunting-field.
- noun A flexible covering, usually of rope, drawn close round a gun when it is discharged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
- noun A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
- noun (Fort.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written
mantlet .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
mantlet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun short cape worn by women
- noun portable bulletproof shelter
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Aunt Pitty had made her a pretty green mantelet which hid her figure and a green pancake hat which matched her eyes, and she always wore these becoming garments on her business calls.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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Aunt Pitty had made her a pretty green mantelet which hid her figure and a green pancake hat which matched her eyes, and she always wore these becoming garments on her business calls.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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Aunt Pitty had made her a pretty green mantelet which hid her figure and a green pancake hat which matched her eyes, and she always wore these becoming garments on her business calls.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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Aunt Pitty had made her a pretty green mantelet which hid her figure and a green pancake hat which matched her eyes, and she always wore these becoming garments on her business calls.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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Aunt Pitty had made her a pretty green mantelet which hid her figure and a green pancake hat which matched her eyes, and she always wore these becoming garments on her business calls.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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Then, approaching the mantelet -- "Much pleasure, Monseigneur," said he.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Various
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_ -- Bonnet of purple velvet with black feather; full mantelet of black velvet, trimmed with lace and buttons; dress of dark valencias, very full, and plain.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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It requires great dexterity in cutting out the mantelet to give a graceful appearance to this innovation.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various
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Velvet mantelet, with arabesque in silk braiding, a quarter of an inch wide, and satin stitch, slightly fitting to the waist; wide sleeves, and entirely embroidered.
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Various
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Compare to that yellow-nailed, swart bear-skin, the coat-armour made with cloth of Tars, the mantelet thick-sown with rubies; for the locks like the raven's plumage, the curls like Apollo's tresses.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various
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