Mantelshelf
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A shelf above a fireplace.
"Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind."
- 2 Synonym of mantel (“type of maneuver to surmount a ledge”).
Example
More examples"Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind."
Etymology
From mantel + shelf.
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