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| 1. | a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner. |
| 2. | Also called mantelshelf. a shelf above a fireplace opening. |
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Mantel
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[Middle English mantel, as in mantiltre, beam over fireplace opening (perhaps from its use for drying wet clothing); see manteltree.] |
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mantel
1489, "short, loose, sleeveless cloak," variant of mantle (q.v.). Sense of "movable shelter for soldiers besieging a fort" is from 1524. Meaning "timber or stone supporting masonry above a fireplace" first recorded 1519, a shortened form of M.E. mantiltre "mantletree" (1482). Mantelpiece is from 1686.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| mantel | |
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| shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Mantel
Man"tel\, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de chemin['e]e. See Mantle.] (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. [Written also mantle.]| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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