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Mantelet   Listen
noun
Mantelet  n.  
1.
(a)
A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
(b)
A short cloak or mantle worn by women. "A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging."
2.
(Fort.) 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.






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