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Mantelet [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. MAN'TELET

2. MANT'IGER, rather mantichor, or manticor, noun [Latin manticora, mantichora.] A large monkey or baboon.

Mantelet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A short cloak formerly worn by knights.

2. A short cloak or mantle worn by women.

3. 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.