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   Mantelet (?), 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.
   
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   A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. Chaucer.
   
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   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.
   
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   Mantlet (?), n. See Mantelet.
   
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