mantelet - Kamus SABDA Mobile

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Found 1 definition: mantelet.

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Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun mantelet has 2 senses

1. mantelet(n = noun.artifact) mantlet - portable bulletproof shelter;
is a kind of shelter

2. mantelet(n = noun.artifact) mantilla - short cape worn by women;
is a kind of cape, mantle

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

mantelet, n. [F., dim. of manteau, OF. mantel. See Mantle.].

1. A short cloak formerly worn by knights. [1913 Webster]
"A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging." [1913 Webster]

2. 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.

Etymology:
ME f. OF, dimin. of mantel MANTLE