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Webster 1913 Edition

Mantlet

Man′tlet

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Noun.
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Mantelet
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Webster 1828 Edition

Mantlet

MANT'LET

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Noun.
[dim. of mantle.] A small cloke worn by women.
1.
In fortification, a kind of movable parapet or penthouse, made of planks, nailed one over another to the highth of almost six feet, cased with tin and set on wheels. In a siege, this is driven before pioneers, to protect them from the enemy's small shot.

Definition 2024

mantlet

mantlet

English

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Noun

mantlet ‎(plural mantlets)

  1. A short sleeveless cloak or cape.
  2. (military, now historical) A portable screen or other covering, especially as used to protect the approach of soldiers engaged in a siege.
    • 2000, George RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 947:
      Already their archers were stealing forward, pushing their rolling mantlets.

Translations

Etymology

From Late Latin mantellettum ‎(“short mantle”) and its source, Anglo-Norman mantelet, Old French mantelet, diminutive of mantel ‎(“mantle”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæntlət/

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