mantling

[ mant-ling ]

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nounHeraldry.

a decorative piece of cloth represented as hanging from a torse so as to cover the sides and rear of a helmet and often so as to frame the escutcheon below.

Origin of mantling

First recorded in 1500–10; mantle + -ing¹

Also called lambrequin.

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British Dictionary definitions for mantling

mantling

/ (ˈmæntlɪŋ) /

noun

heraldry the drapery or scrollwork around a shield

Origin of mantling

C16: from mantle

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