Mantlepiece
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of mantelpiece. alt-of, alternative
"The house was handsome and handsomely fitted up, and the young ladies were immediately put in possession of a very comfortable apartment. It had formerly been Charlotte’s, and over the mantlepiece still hung a landscape in coloured silks of her performance, in proof of her having spent seven years at a great school in town to some effect."
- 2 shelf that projects from wall above fireplace wordnet
Example
More examples"The house was handsome and handsomely fitted up, and the young ladies were immediately put in possession of a very comfortable apartment. It had formerly been Charlotte’s, and over the mantlepiece still hung a landscape in coloured silks of her performance, in proof of her having spent seven years at a great school in town to some effect."
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