Thesaurus: mantelet

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1. n. A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
2. n. A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
3. n. A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.
4. n. portable bulletproof shelter
5. n. short cape worn by women
6. 1. (a) A short cloak formerly worn by knights. (b) A short cloak or mantle worn by women. A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. Chaucer. 2. (Fort.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.
7. A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which issometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen whileattacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonlywritten mantlet.
8. n. portable bulletproof shelter n. short cape worn by women