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Definition of Mantelshelf
1. n. The shelf of a mantel.
Definition of Mantelshelf
1. Noun. A shelf above a fireplace. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mantelshelf
1. [n -SHELVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantelshelf
Literary usage of Mantelshelf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Anecdote, Incident, Illustrative Fact: Selected and Arranged by Walter Baxendale (1888)
"On the mantelshelf of my grandmother's best parlour, among other marvels, was an
apple in a phial. It quite filled up the body of the bottle, ..."
2. College Carols by John Malcolm Bulloch (1894)
"ON A mantelshelf They watch me in their smiling rows, My little gallery of the
fair — Some with a Quakerish kind of pose, And others with coquettish air. ..."
3. Cabinetwork and Joinery: Comprising Designs and Details of Construction by Paul N Hasluck (1907)
"226), and shows how the frieze-board is tongued to the under portion and also
into the cornice ; the cornice at the top being tongued to the mantelshelf ..."
4. Animal Intelligence by George John Romanes (1882)
"The quotations are taken from his letters written to Mr. Darwin, and published
in Nature:1— On the mantelshelf of our sitting-room my wife has the habit of ..."
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