Unmantle
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
"Meanwhile the earl, for he was of no inferior rank, returned his lady's caress with the most affectionate ardour, but affected to resist when she strove to take his cloak from him. “Nay,” she said, “but I will unmantle you[…]”"
Example
More examples"Meanwhile the earl, for he was of no inferior rank, returned his lady's caress with the most affectionate ardour, but affected to resist when she strove to take his cloak from him. “Nay,” she said, “but I will unmantle you[…]”"
Etymology
From un- + mantle.
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