mantelet noun. ['mantlɪt] Also mantlet. LME.
[Old French, dim. of mantel MANTLE noun: see -ET¹.]
1. A kind of short loose sleeveless cape, cloak, or mantle. LME.
b. A woollen covering for a horse. LME-M16.
c. = MANTELLETTA. E17-E18.

2. Military. A movable shelter or protective screen, esp. (Hist.) one used to cover the approach of soldiers when besieging a fortified place. Cf. earlier MANTEL 1. E16.

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