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De - Pt| English Dictionary: mantlet | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for mantlet | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Mantelet \Man"tel*et\, n. [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}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Mantlet \Man"tlet\, n. See {Mantelet}. | |
