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† Court-mantle Obs.
[f. OF. curt, cort, now court short (see curt) + mantle.]
One who wears a short cloak. (A surname given to Henry II.)
c1367Eulog. Hist. (1863) III. v. cix, Henricum Curtmauntel cognominatum, qui postea regnavit in Anglia. 1636James Iter Lanc. (1845) 3 As ye squire So are they all, court-mantells in attire Of blewe. 1646Buck Rich. III, i. 4 The French men called him, Henry du Court Manteau, or Court Mantle, because he wore a cloake shorter than the fashion was in those times. 1677F. Sandford Geneal. Hist. Eng. 599 This Henry [II] called..Court Mantle, because he was the first that brought the fashion of short cloaks out of Anjou. |