mantlet

English

Alternative forms

• mantelet

Etymology

From Middle English mauntelet, from Old French mantelet, diminutive of mantel (“mantle”). Doublet of mantelletta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæntlət/

Noun

mantlet (plural mantlets)

1. A short sleeveless cloak or cape.
2. (military, now historical) A portable screen or other covering, especially as used to protect the approach of soldiers engaged in a siege.
   • 2000, George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam, published 2011, page 947:

     Already their archers were stealing forward, pushing their rolling mantlets.

3. (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism) A mantelletta.

Related terms

• gun mantlet

Translations

short sleeveless cloak or cape

• Bulgarian: пелерина (bg) f (pelerina)
• Ido: manteleto (io)