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Definition of Mantlets
1. mantlet [n] - See also: mantlet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantlets
Literary usage of Mantlets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Engineer and Artillery Operations of the Army of the Potomac by John Gross Barnard, William Farquhar Barry (1863)
"GENERAL :—By request of General McClellan I have Lad made a number of rope
mantlets, or embrasure blinds, for your siege-batteries. ..."
2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"mantlets are wooden fences, rolling upon wheels, of two feet diameter ; the body of
... mantlets are used to cover the sappers in front against musket-shot. ..."
3. Aide-mémoire to the Military Sciences: Framed from Contributions of Officers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers (1860)
"HIDE mantlets. The advantages claimed by Sir George Sartorius for these mantlets
... As these mantlets can easily be shipped or unshipped, rolled up or laid ..."
4. A Military Dictionary, Comprising Terms, Scientific and Otherwise, Connected by George Elliot Voyle, G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson (1876)
"mantlets—Musket-proof shields of iron or some other material. ... mantlets of
various kinds have, from time to time, been proposed, either of rope, timber, ..."
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