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mantelet

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man⋅tel⋅et

  [man-tl-et, mant-lit]
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–noun
1. a short mantle.
2. Also, mantlet. Military.
a. manta (def. 3).
b. any of various bulletproof shelters or screens.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF; see mantle, -et
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man·tel·et   (mān'tl-ĭt, mānt'lĭt)   
n.  

  1. A short cape.

  2. also mant·let (mānt'lĭt) A mobile screen or shield formerly used to protect besieging soldiers.


[Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of mantel, mantle; see mantle.]
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