mantua¹

noun ˈmantjʊə

A woman's loose gown of a kind fashionable during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Example sentencesExamples
- Born George Waldron, near Dublin, the son of a silversmith and a mantua maker, he'd run away from grammar school at 16 (after he stabbed another schoolboy in a fight) and joined a bank of strolling players.
- The princess wore a mantua and petticoat, white damask with the finest embroidery of rich embossed gold.
- A woman originally wore a mantua as a robe when resting at home, but by the late 17th century it became fitted at her waist.

Origin

Alteration of French manteau, influenced by Mantua.

Mantua²

proper nounˈmantjʊə

A town in Lombardy, northern Italy, on the River Mincio; population 48,357 (2008). Italian name Mantova /ˈmantova/.

Definition of mantua in US English:

mantua

nounˈmæn(t)ʃəwəˈman(t)SHəwə

A woman's loose gown of a kind fashionable during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Example sentencesExamples
- The princess wore a mantua and petticoat, white damask with the finest embroidery of rich embossed gold.
- Born George Waldron, near Dublin, the son of a silversmith and a mantua maker, he'd run away from grammar school at 16 (after he stabbed another schoolboy in a fight) and joined a bank of strolling players.
- A woman originally wore a mantua as a robe when resting at home, but by the late 17th century it became fitted at her waist.

Origin

Alteration of French manteau, influenced by Mantua.

单词	mantua
释义	mantua¹ noun ˈmantjʊə A woman's loose gown of a kind fashionable during the 17th and 18th centuries. Example sentencesExamples Born George Waldron, near Dublin, the son of a silversmith and a mantua maker, he'd run away from grammar school at 16 (after he stabbed another schoolboy in a fight) and joined a bank of strolling players. The princess wore a mantua and petticoat, white damask with the finest embroidery of rich embossed gold. A woman originally wore a mantua as a robe when resting at home, but by the late 17th century it became fitted at her waist. Origin Alteration of French manteau, influenced by Mantua. Mantua² proper nounˈmantjʊə A town in Lombardy, northern Italy, on the River Mincio; population 48,357 (2008). Italian name Mantova /ˈmantova/. noun.1 name.1 Definition of mantua in US English: mantua nounˈmæn(t)ʃəwəˈman(t)SHəwə A woman's loose gown of a kind fashionable during the 17th and 18th centuries. Example sentencesExamples The princess wore a mantua and petticoat, white damask with the finest embroidery of rich embossed gold. Born George Waldron, near Dublin, the son of a silversmith and a mantua maker, he'd run away from grammar school at 16 (after he stabbed another schoolboy in a fight) and joined a bank of strolling players. A woman originally wore a mantua as a robe when resting at home, but by the late 17th century it became fitted at her waist. Origin Alteration of French manteau, influenced by Mantua.
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mantua1

Origin

Mantua2

Definition of mantua in US English:

mantua

Origin

mantua¹

Mantua²