mantelet

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæntlət/

Noun

mantelet (plural mantelets)

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

French

Noun

mantelet m (plural mantelets)

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

Further reading


Old French

Noun

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

  1. small coat
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