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English
Pronunciation
Noun
mantelet (plural mantelets)
- 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.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
mantelet m (plural mantelets)
- mantle (piece of clothing), short cape
- (military) mantelet, shielding
Further reading
Old French
Noun
mantelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural mantelés, nominative singular mantelés, nominative plural mantelet)
- small coat
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French mantelet.
Noun
mantelet n (plural mantelete)
- (military) mantlet
Declension
References
- mantelet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN