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Mantilla

//manˈtɪlə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A lace veil of Spanish origin worn over a woman's hair and shoulders.

    "[M]y eyes were oft times [on the] charmante maitresse de la maison, who glided among her guests in her flowing Spanish mantilla, and train of the clearest blonde, doing her devoirs with winning kindness, and showing how much benevolence of manner adds to beauty."

  2. 2
    short cape worn by women wordnet
  3. 3
    A woman's light cloak or cape made of silk, velvet, lace, or other material.

    "The Duchess of Alba wrapped herself in a mantilla coat, asked her guest to take a chair in the middle of the patio and placed herself three steps behind him in the shade of a magnolia."

  4. 4
    a woman's silk or lace scarf wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mantilla (“large veil; small cape”), from manta (“blanket, cloth, cloth banner”) + -illa (diminutive).

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