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Definition of Mantilla
1. Noun. A woman's silk or lace scarf.
2. Noun. Short cape worn by women.
Definition of Mantilla
1. n. A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.
Definition of Mantilla
1. Noun. Spanish lace veil worn over a woman's hair and shoulders. ¹
2. Noun. A lady's light cloak or cape of silk, velvet, lace, or similar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mantilla
1. a woman's scarf [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantilla
Literary usage of Mantilla
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the Artists of Spain by William Stirling Maxwell (1891)
"Francisco Burgos y mantilla was the son of a lawyer, who devoted himself to the
study of painting first with Pedro de las Cuevas, and next with Velazquez. ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1852)
"... LA VIVANDIERE" Is the name given to an elegant and entirely original design
of mantilla, ... mantilla ..."
3. Journal of a Few Months' Residence in Portugal and Glimpses of the South of by Dorothy Wordsworth Quillinan, Edmund Lee (1895)
"I am never weary of admiring the graceful mantilla and the elegant fan; and what
a picture it is when, by the side of her mantilla-coifed mother, ..."
4. Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1841)
"... mantilla, to our peasant companions, with their clean,substantial, well-preserved
dresses, their healthful, contented, and serene faces, ..."
5. Notes on Haiti: Made During a Residence in that Republic by Charles Mackenzie (1830)
"... given—Tumults suppressed—Trade not very active—Retention of Spanish customs —
mantilla —Guitars—Artisans — Public amusements—Preparations for departure. ..."
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