mantelet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæntlət/

Noun

mantelet (plural mantelets)

1. Alternative form of mantlet
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

     They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood like a dark cloud before a hailstorm.

Noun

mantelet m (plural mantelets)

1. mantle (piece of clothing)
2. (military) mantelet, shielding

Further reading

• “mantelet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

mantelet m (oblique plural mantelés, nominative singular mantelés, nominative plural mantelet)

1. small coat