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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"
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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"
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