Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mantelet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging.
--Chaucer.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mantelet
n 1: portable bulletproof shelter [syn: {mantlet}]
2: short cape worn by women [syn: {mantilla}]
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