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Definition of mantlet
mantlet Mantelet Man"tel*et, n. [F., dim. of manteau, OF. mantel. See
Mantle.]
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.