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mantelet

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English

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

mantelet m (plural mantelets)

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

Further reading

Old French

Noun

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

  1. small coat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mantelet.

Noun

mantelet n (plural mantelete)

  1. (military) mantlet

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

  • mantelet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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