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Definition of Mantelet
1. Noun. Portable bulletproof shelter.
2. Noun. Short cape worn by women.
Definition of Mantelet
1. n. A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
Definition of Mantelet
1. Noun. (alternative form of mantlet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mantelet
1. a mobile screen used to protect soldiers [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mantelet
1. 1. A short cloak formerly worn by knights. A short cloak or mantle worn by women. "A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging." (Chaucer) 2. A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; now commonly written mantlet. Origin: F, dim. Of manteau, OF. Mantel. See Mantle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantelet
Literary usage of Mantelet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages by Edward Lewes Cutts (1872)
"The mantelet was a shield still more ample, and capable of being fixed upright
by a prop, so that it formed a kind of little movable fort which the bowman, ..."
2. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"[Fr. mantelet, short cloak.} (Afil.) Square metal shield erected on a wheeled
stand for protecting sappers from musketry fire. Manager. ..."
3. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"... a plant Manipulation, sf. manipulation Manipule, sf. maniple, part of a
priest's > Mantelé, e, adj. mantled, in heraldry mantelet, sm. cloak, ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"26. mantelet, mantlet (man'tel-et, mant'let), n. ... [It.: see mantelet.] In the
Bom. Catli. Ch., a sleeveless vest- 6. A flexible covering, usually of rope ..."
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