Mantua
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
- 2 loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries wordnet
- 3 A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. obsolete
"Anderson mentions black and coloured mantuas amongst other silks introduced here by the French immigrants of 1685. […] Mantuas are also included in a list of silks advertised for sale in the British Chronicle of 1763 […]"
- 4 A woman's cloak or mantle. obsolete
- 5 A woman's gown. obsolete
"Her dress was extremely elegant, but had an appearance of foreign fashion, as if both the lady and her mantua-maker were of 'a far countree’."
- 1 Province of Lombardy, Italy.
- 2 City and capital of Mantua.
"He and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua."
- 3 A town in Pinar del Río, Cuba.
- 4 A village in Ohio.
- 5 A village in Utah.
Example
More examples"He and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua."
Etymology
From Latin Mantua.
From French manteau, perhaps by confusion with Mantua in Italy.
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