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Webster 1913 Edition


Mantelet

Man′tel-et

,
Noun.
[F., dim. of
manteau
, OF.
mantel
. See
Mantle
.]
1.
(a)
A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
(b)
A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
A
mantelet
upon his shoulders hanging.
Chaucer.
2.
(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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mantelet

MAN'TELET


Definition 2024


mantelet

mantelet

English

Noun

mantelet (plural mantelets)

  1. Alternative form of mantlet
    • 1819, They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood like a dark cloud before a hailstorm. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

French

Noun

mantelet m (plural mantelets)

  1. mantle (piece of clothing)
  2. (military) mantelet, shielding

Old French

Noun

mantelet m (oblique plural mantelés, nominative singular mantelés, nominative plural mantelet)

  1. small coat