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Mantelet

noun
1.
Portable bulletproof shelter.  Synonym: mantlet.
2.
Short cape worn by women.  Synonym: mantilla.






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"Mantelet" Quotes from Famous Books



... of our arquebusiers, who should keep up a constant fire over their palisades and galleries, which were well provided with stones, and by this means dislodge the enemy who might attack us from their galleries. Meanwhile orders were to be given to procure boards for making a sort of mantelet to protect our men from the arrows and stones of which the savages generally make use. These instruments, namely the cavalier and mantelets, were capable of being carried by a large number of men. One mantelet ...
— Voyages of Samuel de Champlain V3 • Samuel de Champlain



Words linked to "Mantelet" :   mantilla, mantlet, cape, mantle, shelter



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