Found 2 items, similar to mantlet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mantlet
mantlet
n : portable bulletproof shelter [syn:
mantelet]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: mantlet
Mantelet
\Man"tel*et\, n. [F., dim. of manteau, OF. mantel. See
Mantle.]
1.
(a) A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
(b) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
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A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging.
--Chaucer.
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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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