- (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
- (n.) A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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