Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
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}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mantelet
n 1: portable bulletproof shelter [syn: {mantelet}, {mantlet}]
2: short cape worn by women [syn: {mantelet}, {mantilla}]
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