mantan.

Brit.

/ˈmantə/, U.S.

/ˈmæntə/

Forms: 1600s– manta, 1800s manter (U.S., irregular).

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish manta.

Etymology: < Spanish manta blanket (10th cent.; see mantle n.). In sense 5 < American Spanish manta (18th cent. in this sense), probably so named either from its shape or from an idea that it envelops its prey (compare quot. 1758 at sense 5).The usual modern senses of the Spanish word are blanket, manta ray, and (American Spanish) cotton cloth, poncho; senses 1b and 2 are attested in Spanish from the 15th cent.; sense 3 in Mexican Spanish from 1816. With sense 6 compare Spanish manto layer, stratum, attested in Spanish from the 19th cent., and ultimately of the same origin (compare manto n.).

I. A covering, and related senses.

1. Chiefly in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.

a. A kind of wrap, cloak, or shawl; (spec. in Latin America) a kind of square black shawl, made of lace, silk, cashmere, or alpaca, worn by women. Cf. manto n. 1.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap > types of

amicea1382

amytc1384

manto1679

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palla1706

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Afghan1850

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1697 Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 112 When they opened their manta's, the light of the moon made the glory of their Gold and Precious Stones appear.

1836 Southern Literary Messenger 2 391/1 Their costume was different from any other I had seen in Spain, its greatest peculiarity consisting in a coarse outer petticoat, which was drawn over the head at pleasure instead of the mantilla, and which reminded me of the manta of Peru.

1876 B. Harte in Scribner's Monthly 11 382/2 They slyly slipped aside vail or manta, to peep furtively at the Donna Maria entering chapel.

1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 24 It was at first suggested that I should don the manta, the national female garment of Peru.

1929 Travel Jan. 46/2 The women stroll the narrow streets in mantas or mantillas.

1973 A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 70 The manta is folded under the left arm and pinned over the right shoulder.

1992 P. G. Allen Sacred Hoop (new ed.) p. xii Even at home in New Mexico,..the women no longer wear ‘mother hubbard’ dresses beneath their traditional black mantas.

†b. A travelling blanket; a horse-cloth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle-cloth

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saddle mat1856

numnah1859

numdah1879

1828 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 306 They [sc. Spanish travellers to Malaga]..lie on the mantas of their mules and horses.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 31 Some substitute the ‘mantas’, which most Spaniards carry with them when on their travels. This is a gay-coloured Oriental-looking striped blanket, or rather plaid.

1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 13 Dec. 756/2 We spread our mantas (rugs) on the sandy bank, and slowly dressed.

†2. Military History. With reference to Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a movable shelter used to cover the approach of besieging soldiers; = mantlet n. 2a. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > movable shed

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bear1865

1829 W. Irving Chron. Conquest Granada I. xxix. 264 Seizing their mantas, or portable bulwarks,..they made a gallant assault.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico II. v. ii. 307 It was called a manta, and was contrived somewhat on the principle of the mantelets used in the wars of the Middle Ages.

3. Chiefly in the western United States and Mexico: a kind of coarse cotton cloth; a piece of this.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > coarse

humhum1620

Surat1643

negannepaut1725

drill1743

cottonade1803

manta1848

sponge cloth1862

cotton drill1899

1848 Santa Fe (New Mexico) Republican 16 Aug. 2/4 He also has on hand a well Assorted Stock of Merchandize, consisting of Lienzos, Manta, Prints [etc.].

1860 De Bow's Rev. Oct. 432 The principal product consists of thread and brown cottons, or mantas. According to the statistics published by the Ministry of Fomento, in 1854, there were..875,224 pieces of the latter made at these factories in the preceding year.

1861 Rep. Colorado River of West (U.S. Army Corps Topogr. Engineers) 61 He promised..that his people should bring some beans and corn to trade for manta and beads.

1869 Galaxy Apr. 583 Many unsightly rents in the ‘manter’ served to sustain a good but rather novel system of ventilation.

1946 R. M. Underhill First Penthouse Dwellers 99 Dressed sometimes in moccasins and dark blue manta,..they bend over fireplace or stove.

1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 339/1 Manta, coarse unbleached muslin,..used in Mexico for items of clothing.

4. U.S. regional (western).

a. Mining. A large piece of coarse cotton cloth used for hoisting ore, tools, etc.

ΚΠ

1848 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (Spanish Terms) 109 Manta, a blanket, or horse-cloth, used to contain ores or tools to be brought up by the malacates, now replaced generally by sacks made of the fibres of the agave, or ox-hides.

1920 A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry 419/1 Manta,..a blanket or horse cloth used for hoisting ore by the malacate.

b. A large piece of coarse cotton cloth or canvas used as a pack cover. Cf. manto n. 2.

ΚΠ

1887 Outing 10 5 We had some scrambling and sliding, which cost me..one manta, or pack cover.

1912 R. Pocock Man in Open 321 Around him..stood fifty complete aparajeos, each with..sovran helmo and cinchas, sweat pad, blanket, and corona, while the head-ropes strapped the mantas over all.

1945 W. W. Atwood Rocky Mts. 62 A top pack, usually a tent, may be added, and then a large piece of canvas, called a manta, is used to cover and protect the entire load.

1984 C. C. Smith Southwestern Vocab. 64 Manta,..a piece of canvas or heavy cloth about six feet on a side used in Spanish and Mexican pack-trains for wrapping a load before placing it upon the aparejo, or pack-saddle.

II. A kind of fish.

5. More fully manta ray (also †manta fish). Any fish of the family Mobulidae; a devil ray or devilfish; spec. one of the genus Manta, which comprises the larger species, esp. the widespread and very large M. birostris. Also (in form Manta), the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: E. B. Bancroft 1829, in Zool. Jrnl. 4 454.

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the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Mobulidae

sea-devil1634

manta1758

vampire1867

1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. iii. v. 132 The mantas, or quilts... The name manta, has not been improperly given to this fish..; for being broad and long like a quilt, it wraps its fins round a man or any other animal,..and immediately squeezes it to death.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) IV. 180 The manta fish.

1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 576 (Mexico) The fish common to both oceans are, whales, dolphins,..manitis, mantas, porpoises [etc.].

1829 E. N. Bancroft in Zool. Jrnl. 4 454 The Manta has, I believe, been generally supposed to belong to the Ray family.

1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 27 Apr. 460/2 The manta-fish of the west coast of South America, which spreads eighteen feet.

1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes I. 448 The devil rays or mantas of the Tropical seas, Manta and Mobula being the most specialized genera.

1958 Listener 14 Aug. 247/2 The huge manta rays..opening their gills to let in the tiny cleaner-fish.

1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Apr. 7/1 A pair of manta rays making black silhouettes in the midday sun.

1991 Atlantic Nov. 95/2 (advt.) You may get lucky and see something like a giant manta ray with a 12-foot wingspan.

III. Mining. A vein, seam, etc.

6. A vein, seam, or lode; a mineral placer.Chiefly in Spanish-speaking or Spanish-influenced areas of the western United States.

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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein

veina1387

vein1601

leader1855

manta1874

1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 318 They pass through three rich streaks or mantas.

1920 A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry 419/1 Manta,..a bedded vein or deposit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	manta
释义	mantan. Brit. /ˈmantə/, U.S. /ˈmæntə/ Forms: 1600s– manta, 1800s manter (U.S., irregular). Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish manta. Etymology: < Spanish manta blanket (10th cent.; see mantle n.). In sense 5 < American Spanish manta (18th cent. in this sense), probably so named either from its shape or from an idea that it envelops its prey (compare quot. 1758 at sense 5).The usual modern senses of the Spanish word are blanket, manta ray, and (American Spanish) cotton cloth, poncho; senses 1b and 2 are attested in Spanish from the 15th cent.; sense 3 in Mexican Spanish from 1816. With sense 6 compare Spanish manto layer, stratum, attested in Spanish from the 19th cent., and ultimately of the same origin (compare manto n.). I. A covering, and related senses. 1. Chiefly in Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. a. A kind of wrap, cloak, or shawl; (spec. in Latin America) a kind of square black shawl, made of lace, silk, cashmere, or alpaca, worn by women. Cf. manto n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap > types of amicea1382 amytc1384 manto1679 manta1697 palla1706 wrapper1799 wrapa1817 Afghan1850 crossover1868 tea-wrap1909 1697 Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 112 When they opened their manta's, the light of the moon made the glory of their Gold and Precious Stones appear. 1836 Southern Literary Messenger 2 391/1 Their costume was different from any other I had seen in Spain, its greatest peculiarity consisting in a coarse outer petticoat, which was drawn over the head at pleasure instead of the mantilla, and which reminded me of the manta of Peru. 1876 B. Harte in Scribner's Monthly 11 382/2 They slyly slipped aside vail or manta, to peep furtively at the Donna Maria entering chapel. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 24 It was at first suggested that I should don the manta, the national female garment of Peru. 1929 Travel Jan. 46/2 The women stroll the narrow streets in mantas or mantillas. 1973 A. H. Whiteford N. Amer. Indian Arts 70 The manta is folded under the left arm and pinned over the right shoulder. 1992 P. G. Allen Sacred Hoop (new ed.) p. xii Even at home in New Mexico,..the women no longer wear ‘mother hubbard’ dresses beneath their traditional black mantas. †b. A travelling blanket; a horse-cloth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > saddle-cloth paniot1310 saumbuc1330 panel1336 saddle house1431 mantletc1440 horse-cloth1530 saddlecloth?1530 saddle rug1679 hammock-cloth1685 hammock1690 shabracque1809 saddle blanket1817 manta1828 saddle mat1856 numnah1859 numdah1879 1828 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) II. 306 They [sc. Spanish travellers to Malaga]..lie on the mantas of their mules and horses. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 31 Some substitute the ‘mantas’, which most Spaniards carry with them when on their travels. This is a gay-coloured Oriental-looking striped blanket, or rather plaid. 1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 13 Dec. 756/2 We spread our mantas (rugs) on the sandy bank, and slowly dressed. †2. Military History. With reference to Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a movable shelter used to cover the approach of besieging soldiers; = mantlet n. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > movable shed sow1297 mantel1357 snail1408 vinet1408 whelk1408 circlec1440 barbed-cat1489 mantle1489 mantlet1524 vine1565 tortoise1569 sow-guard1582 penthouse1600 penticle1600 target-roof1601 vinea1601 fence-roof1609 testudo1609 cat-house1614 vineyard1650 tortoiseshell1726 manta1829 cat1833 ram-house1850 tortoise-roof1855 bear1865 1829 W. Irving Chron. Conquest Granada I. xxix. 264 Seizing their mantas, or portable bulwarks,..they made a gallant assault. 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico II. v. ii. 307 It was called a manta, and was contrived somewhat on the principle of the mantelets used in the wars of the Middle Ages. 3. Chiefly in the western United States and Mexico: a kind of coarse cotton cloth; a piece of this. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > coarse humhum1620 Surat1643 negannepaut1725 drill1743 cottonade1803 manta1848 sponge cloth1862 cotton drill1899 1848 Santa Fe (New Mexico) Republican 16 Aug. 2/4 He also has on hand a well Assorted Stock of Merchandize, consisting of Lienzos, Manta, Prints [etc.]. 1860 De Bow's Rev. Oct. 432 The principal product consists of thread and brown cottons, or mantas. According to the statistics published by the Ministry of Fomento, in 1854, there were..875,224 pieces of the latter made at these factories in the preceding year. 1861 Rep. Colorado River of West (U.S. Army Corps Topogr. Engineers) 61 He promised..that his people should bring some beans and corn to trade for manta and beads. 1869 Galaxy Apr. 583 Many unsightly rents in the ‘manter’ served to sustain a good but rather novel system of ventilation. 1946 R. M. Underhill First Penthouse Dwellers 99 Dressed sometimes in moccasins and dark blue manta,..they bend over fireplace or stove. 1975 C. Calasibetta Fairchild's Dict. Fashion 339/1 Manta, coarse unbleached muslin,..used in Mexico for items of clothing. 4. U.S. regional (western). a. Mining. A large piece of coarse cotton cloth used for hoisting ore, tools, etc. ΚΠ 1848 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (Spanish Terms) 109 Manta, a blanket, or horse-cloth, used to contain ores or tools to be brought up by the malacates, now replaced generally by sacks made of the fibres of the agave, or ox-hides. 1920 A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry 419/1 Manta,..a blanket or horse cloth used for hoisting ore by the malacate. b. A large piece of coarse cotton cloth or canvas used as a pack cover. Cf. manto n. 2. ΚΠ 1887 Outing 10 5 We had some scrambling and sliding, which cost me..one manta, or pack cover. 1912 R. Pocock Man in Open 321 Around him..stood fifty complete aparajeos, each with..sovran helmo and cinchas, sweat pad, blanket, and corona, while the head-ropes strapped the mantas over all. 1945 W. W. Atwood Rocky Mts. 62 A top pack, usually a tent, may be added, and then a large piece of canvas, called a manta, is used to cover and protect the entire load. 1984 C. C. Smith Southwestern Vocab. 64 Manta,..a piece of canvas or heavy cloth about six feet on a side used in Spanish and Mexican pack-trains for wrapping a load before placing it upon the aparejo, or pack-saddle. II. A kind of fish. 5. More fully manta ray (also †manta fish). Any fish of the family Mobulidae; a devil ray or devilfish; spec. one of the genus Manta, which comprises the larger species, esp. the widespread and very large M. birostris. Also (in form Manta), the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: E. B. Bancroft 1829, in Zool. Jrnl. 4 454. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > subclass Elasmobranchii > order Hypotremata > [noun] > member of family Mobulidae sea-devil1634 manta1758 vampire1867 1758 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S.-Amer. I. iii. v. 132 The mantas, or quilts... The name manta, has not been improperly given to this fish..; for being broad and long like a quilt, it wraps its fins round a man or any other animal,..and immediately squeezes it to death. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) IV. 180 The manta fish. 1794 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 576 (Mexico) The fish common to both oceans are, whales, dolphins,..manitis, mantas, porpoises [etc.]. 1829 E. N. Bancroft in Zool. Jrnl. 4 454 The Manta has, I believe, been generally supposed to belong to the Ray family. 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 27 Apr. 460/2 The manta-fish of the west coast of South America, which spreads eighteen feet. 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes I. 448 The devil rays or mantas of the Tropical seas, Manta and Mobula being the most specialized genera. 1958 Listener 14 Aug. 247/2 The huge manta rays..opening their gills to let in the tiny cleaner-fish. 1972 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Apr. 7/1 A pair of manta rays making black silhouettes in the midday sun. 1991 Atlantic Nov. 95/2 (advt.) You may get lucky and see something like a giant manta ray with a 12-foot wingspan. III. Mining. A vein, seam, etc. 6. A vein, seam, or lode; a mineral placer.Chiefly in Spanish-speaking or Spanish-influenced areas of the western United States. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > vein veina1387 vein1601 leader1855 manta1874 1874 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 318 They pass through three rich streaks or mantas. 1920 A. H. Fay Gloss. Mining & Mineral Industry 419/1 Manta,..a bedded vein or deposit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1697
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