Mantelet

Definition of Mantelet

Man´tel`et
n.1.A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging.
- Chaucer.
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, shelter
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