mantletn.

Brit.

/ˈmantlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈmæntlᵻt/

Forms: Middle English mantelete, Middle English mantilett, Middle English mauntolet, Middle English mawntelet, Middle English mawntolet, Middle English–1500s mantilet, Middle English– mantelet, 1500s mantellet, 1500s mantellett, 1700s mantalet, 1700s manteelet (U.S.), 1800s mantellette, 1800s mantelette (U.S.), 1500s– mantlet; Scottish pre-1700 mantillat, pre-1700 mantlet, pre-1700 mantlete.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin mantellettum; French mantelet.

Etymology: Partly < post-classical Latin mantellettum, mantilettum short mantle (from 1316 in British sources), caparison (1316 in a British source), movable shelter (from 1374 in British sources), mantelletta (as mantelletum , in an undated source cited in Du Cange), and partly from its probable etymon Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French mantelet short mantle (c1140; 1553 in Middle French in sense 2a, although 14th cent. in Old Occitan; 1679 in French in sense 1c) < mantel mantle n. + -et -et suffix¹. Compare Italian mantelletto (14th cent.).Now chiefly in forms mantelet in sense 1, mantlet in sense 2. It is unclear whether the following earlier example should be interpreted as showing the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word:1352 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 128 ij monteletts.

a. A kind of short, loose, sleeveless cape, cloak, or mantle covering the shoulders. Also figurative. Now historical.

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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 > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > small or short

mantletc1385

semicopec1405

capiteberne1473

scapulary mantle1548

rokelay1709

cloaket1717

cardinal1745

chlamys1750

cape1759

manteline1807

short-cloak1837

mantilla1848

cloaklet1865

dolmanette1883

capelet1912

c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1305 A mantelet vpon his shulder hangynge Bret ful of rubies rede.

1440 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 76 (MED) Lego..Johannæ Hawnserd..unam mantilet, cum quatuor barbys et duobus forhedes..unum mantilett.

1494 Loutfut MS f. 120^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mant(e)let(e The habit of ane erll..salbe a mantillat of skerlatt opinnyt before.

1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill ii. xvii. 88 Mantelets of greene cloth of siluer..bordered about with flambes of golde.

a1648 R. Crashaw Poems (1904) 360 Flora's darlings now awake from sleepe, And out of their greene mantletts dare to peepe.

1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid I. 220 She had..a coarse red Mantelet over her Shoulders, adorn'd with Shells.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. iv. 1375 Mantalets composed of feathers, so..beautifully arranged, as even our English ladies would not disdain to wear.

1844 W. M. Thackeray Little Trav. in Wks. (Biogr. ed.) VI. 275 A lady in a little lace mantelet.

1887 Daily News 8 July 7/6 Coloured Velvet and Jet Mantelets.

1908 Daily Graphic 21 Mar. 13/1 The hat..might be made of Shantung to match the mantelet.

1984 J. Nunn Fashion in Costume 98 The mantlet or mantelet..was a scarf-like cape of taffeta..wide at the back and narrow at the front, crossed over the front waist and sometimes, if long enough, carried round to the back.

†b. A woollen covering for a horse. Obsolete.

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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

c1440 Sir Degrevant (Thornton) (1949) 1198 Grathe vs horse and my gere; Loke..Þat þay be trapped in gete, Bathe telerer and mantelete.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vii. 697 Hys cumly sted off Araby..coveryd wyth a fayre mantlete Off precyows and [of] fyne wellvet.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxvj The whiche horse was Trapped in a Mantellet.

†c. A long, sleeveless vestment worn by cardinals, bishops, and certain other high-ranking ecclesiastics; = mantelletta n. Obsolete.

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society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > mantelletta

mantlet1602

mantelletta1853

1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill ii. xvii. 89 The Soueraigne, Cardinals, Prelats, Commanders, and Officers, by Order..wearing Mantels and Mantelets..goe to the Church to heare the Euensong.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Mantelet, a short Purple Mantle which the Bishops of France wear over their Rochet upon some Occasions.

a. A movable shelter used to protect soldiers besieging a fortified place. Cf. manta n. 2, mantle n. 15. Now historical.Such shelters were sometimes pierced either for observation or to allow missiles to be shot through the opening.

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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

1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. C2^v Two mantellets in a hye place..in y^e whiche were certayne double gonnes.

1603 North's Plutarch, Miltiades (1612) 1230 Then hauing set vp his Gabions and Mantelets, he came neare the wals.

1731 J. Gray Treat. Gunnery Pref. 10 The most considerable..answer nearly to our Penthouses, Mantlets, Galleries, and Blinds.

1786 F. Grose Treat. Anc. Armour 27 The Pavais, Pavache, or Tallevas, was a large shield, or rather a portable mantlet, capable of covering a man from head to foot.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiii. 249 They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood.

1894 F. D. Swift James I of Aragon 275 Another instrument common in siege operations of this period, was the Mantlet.

1989 R. L. O'Connell Of Arms & Men v. 76 As far back as 502 b.c., consuls Opiter Verginius and Spurious Cassius were said to have assaulted Pometia with mantlets (portable shelters) and other machinery, probably including the battering ram.

b. A screen or shield designed to protect soldiers working a gun, esp. from enemy fire.Now chiefly used with reference to armoured vehicles. With fortress guns mounted in casemates, the mantlet also served to prevent smoke from the gun from coming back into the casemate.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > shield to protect gunners

blind1644

gun-house1736

blindage1812

blinding1829

mantlet1859

shield1898

1859 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 123 The Russians returned to the use of the old cannon mantlet in the Crimean war.

1879 C. Nugent & J. E. Portlock in Encycl. Brit. IX. 453 ‘Mantlets’..are now invariably made of this material [sc. rope].

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 365 Mantelet,..a musket-proof shield used for the protection of..gunners at embrasures.

1972 Modelworld Oct. 76/2 To depict this vehicle more accurately, the gun mantlet on the model needs some modification.

1991 in B. MacArthur Despatches from Gulf War 221 Below the mantlet of a T-55 tank where the gun barrel joins the turret.

†c. Shooting. A bulletproof shelter from which firing results can be observed and signalled. Obsolete.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > shelter for observing firing

mantlet1874

1874 Proc. National Rifle Assoc. 94 The markers..must retire into their mantelets as soon as the 1st gun..is discharged.

1880 Daily Tel. 9 Dec. Officers, in telegraphic communication with the firing-points, will be posted in mantlets before the targets.

Compounds

mantlet wall n. Fortification historical a low outer wall or rampart; cf. mantle-wall n.

ΚΠ

1951 H. Braun Introd. Eng. Mediaeval Archit. (1967) xi. 215 The method employed in the Edwardian period was to surround the castle with a ‘list’ or border, itself protected by a low stone wall called a ‘mantlet’ wall.

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

单词	mantlet
释义	mantletn. Brit. /ˈmantlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈmæntlᵻt/ Forms: Middle English mantelete, Middle English mantilett, Middle English mauntolet, Middle English mawntelet, Middle English mawntolet, Middle English–1500s mantilet, Middle English– mantelet, 1500s mantellet, 1500s mantellett, 1700s mantalet, 1700s manteelet (U.S.), 1800s mantellette, 1800s mantelette (U.S.), 1500s– mantlet; Scottish pre-1700 mantillat, pre-1700 mantlet, pre-1700 mantlete. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin mantellettum; French mantelet. Etymology: Partly < post-classical Latin mantellettum, mantilettum short mantle (from 1316 in British sources), caparison (1316 in a British source), movable shelter (from 1374 in British sources), mantelletta (as mantelletum , in an undated source cited in Du Cange), and partly from its probable etymon Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French mantelet short mantle (c1140; 1553 in Middle French in sense 2a, although 14th cent. in Old Occitan; 1679 in French in sense 1c) < mantel mantle n. + -et -et suffix¹. Compare Italian mantelletto (14th cent.).Now chiefly in forms mantelet in sense 1, mantlet in sense 2. It is unclear whether the following earlier example should be interpreted as showing the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word:1352 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 128 ij monteletts. 1. a. A kind of short, loose, sleeveless cape, cloak, or mantle covering the shoulders. Also figurative. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > small or short mantletc1385 semicopec1405 capiteberne1473 scapulary mantle1548 rokelay1709 cloaket1717 cardinal1745 chlamys1750 cape1759 manteline1807 short-cloak1837 mantilla1848 cloaklet1865 dolmanette1883 capelet1912 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1305 A mantelet vpon his shulder hangynge Bret ful of rubies rede. 1440 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 76 (MED) Lego..Johannæ Hawnserd..unam mantilet, cum quatuor barbys et duobus forhedes..unum mantilett. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 120^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mant(e)let(e The habit of ane erll..salbe a mantillat of skerlatt opinnyt before. 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill ii. xvii. 88 Mantelets of greene cloth of siluer..bordered about with flambes of golde. a1648 R. Crashaw Poems (1904) 360 Flora's darlings now awake from sleepe, And out of their greene mantletts dare to peepe. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid I. 220 She had..a coarse red Mantelet over her Shoulders, adorn'd with Shells. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. iv. 1375 Mantalets composed of feathers, so..beautifully arranged, as even our English ladies would not disdain to wear. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Little Trav. in Wks. (Biogr. ed.) VI. 275 A lady in a little lace mantelet. 1887 Daily News 8 July 7/6 Coloured Velvet and Jet Mantelets. 1908 Daily Graphic 21 Mar. 13/1 The hat..might be made of Shantung to match the mantelet. 1984 J. Nunn Fashion in Costume 98 The mantlet or mantelet..was a scarf-like cape of taffeta..wide at the back and narrow at the front, crossed over the front waist and sometimes, if long enough, carried round to the back. †b. A woollen covering for a horse. 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 c1440 Sir Degrevant (Thornton) (1949) 1198 Grathe vs horse and my gere; Loke..Þat þay be trapped in gete, Bathe telerer and mantelete. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vii. 697 Hys cumly sted off Araby..coveryd wyth a fayre mantlete Off precyows and [of] fyne wellvet. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxvj The whiche horse was Trapped in a Mantellet. †c. A long, sleeveless vestment worn by cardinals, bishops, and certain other high-ranking ecclesiastics; = mantelletta n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > mantelletta mantlet1602 mantelletta1853 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill ii. xvii. 89 The Soueraigne, Cardinals, Prelats, Commanders, and Officers, by Order..wearing Mantels and Mantelets..goe to the Church to heare the Euensong. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Mantelet, a short Purple Mantle which the Bishops of France wear over their Rochet upon some Occasions. 2. a. A movable shelter used to protect soldiers besieging a fortified place. Cf. manta n. 2, mantle n. 15. Now historical.Such shelters were sometimes pierced either for observation or to allow missiles to be shot through the opening. 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 1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. C2^v Two mantellets in a hye place..in y^e whiche were certayne double gonnes. 1603 North's Plutarch, Miltiades (1612) 1230 Then hauing set vp his Gabions and Mantelets, he came neare the wals. 1731 J. Gray Treat. Gunnery Pref. 10 The most considerable..answer nearly to our Penthouses, Mantlets, Galleries, and Blinds. 1786 F. Grose Treat. Anc. Armour 27 The Pavais, Pavache, or Tallevas, was a large shield, or rather a portable mantlet, capable of covering a man from head to foot. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xiii. 249 They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood. 1894 F. D. Swift James I of Aragon 275 Another instrument common in siege operations of this period, was the Mantlet. 1989 R. L. O'Connell Of Arms & Men v. 76 As far back as 502 b.c., consuls Opiter Verginius and Spurious Cassius were said to have assaulted Pometia with mantlets (portable shelters) and other machinery, probably including the battering ram. b. A screen or shield designed to protect soldiers working a gun, esp. from enemy fire.Now chiefly used with reference to armoured vehicles. With fortress guns mounted in casemates, the mantlet also served to prevent smoke from the gun from coming back into the casemate. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > shield to protect gunners blind1644 gun-house1736 blindage1812 blinding1829 mantlet1859 shield1898 1859 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 123 The Russians returned to the use of the old cannon mantlet in the Crimean war. 1879 C. Nugent & J. E. Portlock in Encycl. Brit. IX. 453 ‘Mantlets’..are now invariably made of this material [sc. rope]. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 365 Mantelet,..a musket-proof shield used for the protection of..gunners at embrasures. 1972 Modelworld Oct. 76/2 To depict this vehicle more accurately, the gun mantlet on the model needs some modification. 1991 in B. MacArthur Despatches from Gulf War 221 Below the mantlet of a T-55 tank where the gun barrel joins the turret. †c. Shooting. A bulletproof shelter from which firing results can be observed and signalled. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > shelter for observing firing mantlet1874 1874 Proc. National Rifle Assoc. 94 The markers..must retire into their mantelets as soon as the 1st gun..is discharged. 1880 Daily Tel. 9 Dec. Officers, in telegraphic communication with the firing-points, will be posted in mantlets before the targets. Compounds mantlet wall n. Fortification historical a low outer wall or rampart; cf. mantle-wall n. ΚΠ 1951 H. Braun Introd. Eng. Mediaeval Archit. (1967) xi. 215 The method employed in the Edwardian period was to surround the castle with a ‘list’ or border, itself protected by a low stone wall called a ‘mantlet’ wall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1385
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