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Mantelet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Mantelet has 2 senses
- mantelet(n = noun.artifact) mantlet - portable bulletproof shelter; Array is a kind of shelter
- mantelet(n = noun.artifact) mantilla - short cape worn by women; Array is a kind of cape, mantle
CIDE DICTIONARY
Mantelet, n. [F., dim. of manteau, OF. mantel. See Mantle.].
- A short cloak formerly worn by knights. [1913 Webster]"A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging." [1913 Webster]
- 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 . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Mantelet, n. (also mantlet)
1 hist. a woman's short loose sleeveless mantle.
2 a bulletproof screen for gunners.
1 hist. a woman's short loose sleeveless mantle.
2 a bulletproof screen for gunners.
Etymology
ME f. OF, dimin. of mantel MANTLE
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