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Mantlet

//ˈmæntlət// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A short sleeveless cloak or cape.
  2. 2
    portable bulletproof shelter wordnet
  3. 3
    A portable screen or other covering, especially as used to protect the approach of soldiers engaged in a siege. historical

    "Already their archers were stealing forward, pushing their rolling mantlets."

  4. 4
    A mantelletta.

Etymology

From Middle English mauntelet, from Old French mantelet, diminutive of mantel (“mantle”). Doublet of mantelletta.

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