英:['mæntlɪt]
美:['mæntlɪˌet]
英:['mæntlɪt]
美:['mæntlɪˌet]
man·tel·et
maen t liht [or] maent liht
Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of mantel
The first known use of mantelet was in the 14th century
1 I wore the new bonnet and mantelet to church, to-day:—frightened the sexton, made the minister squint, and the congregation stare.
2 These, particularly the shawl mantelet, are beautifully embroidered and deeply fringed, giving them an exceedingly rich appearance.
3 The mantelets began to burn, and a crowd of women and boys, grasping torches, encircled the walking-towers, setting fire to their osier walls.
4 The dress worn with this mantelet is of white muslin, ornamented with needlework; but the mantelet is intended to be worn in outdoor costume with a dress of silk or barège.
5 Dress and mantelet of plain silk with band à disposition trimmed with fringed ribbon.
6 On mantelets of silk, entirely embroidered velvet ribbon is worn; or stamped velvet flowers, upon the stuff, produce a very pleasing effect.
7 Aunt pitty had made her a pretty green mantelet which hid her figure and a green pancake hat which matched her eyes and she always wore these becoming garments on her business calls.
皮蒂姑妈给她做了一件漂亮的绿色短斗篷,可以遮住她的体形,还做了一顶绿色的扁平帽,和她的眼睛正好相配。
8 There are also mantelets like the above, made of lace, lined with colored silk, which sets off the pattern; and this is most in favor.
9 Some of the most elegant mantelets are of white taffeta.
10 Mantelets are much worn, and are of two different forms—the scarf mantelet, and the little round shawl mantelet.
11 Winter mantelet of black velvet and blue satin, lined with blue satin, and trimmed with blue loose fringe, mixed with ends of black twisted chenille.
12 One mantelet was so constructed that the water could not extinguish the fire, which might be set to the fort, under cover of the arquebusiers who were doing their duty on the cavalier.
13 How easily did the Romans, pushing forward under cover of their mantelets, clear away the rude entrenchments by which the Britons used formerly to secure themselves against attack.
14 Another, called the Espera mantelet, is of black watered silk, trimmed with a wide velvet, and bordered by a chenille fringe.
15 The mantelet is made of thin, soft, white muslin, and is trimmed with worked volants from six to seven inches broad, and set on rather full.
16 This mantelet of Valenciennes lace," continued the busy marquis, unfolding before the princess a magically fine lace texture, "this mantelet is sent by the Queen of France to the illustrious Princess Elizabeth.
17 The mantelets rolled forward, veritable parapets of wood, through the interstices of which the bowmen shot.
18 Everywhere heaps of stones, and piles of fascines, mantelets, and rows of fire barrels.
19 He remembereth his worthies: They stumble in their march; They make haste to the wall thereof, And the mantelet is prepared.
20 In fact the next day they set to work, some to cut wood, others to gather it, for building and equipping the cavalier and mantelets.