Definition of mantelet:
(n) :
a short sleeveless
cloak or
cape; a portable
screen or other covering, especially as used to protect the approach of soldiers engaged in a siege
"1819: They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood like a dark cloud before a hailstorm. -- Walter Scott, Ivanhoe"
Definition of mantelet:
(n) :
a short sleeveless
cloak or
cape; a portable
screen or other covering, especially as used to protect the approach of soldiers engaged in a siege
"1819: They bring forward mantelets and pavisses, and the archers muster on the skirts of the wood like a dark cloud before a hailstorm. -- Walter Scott, Ivanhoe"