mantua noun. ['mantjʊǝ] Also Mantua, mantoa. M16.
[See sense 1. In sense 2 alt. of MANTEAU after this.]
1. (Mantua.) Used attrib. to designate things made in or associated with the city of Mantua in northern Italy. M16.

2. Hist. = MANTEAU. L17.

3. A material of a type made in Mantua. Only in 18.

Comb.:
mantua-maker Hist. a person who makes mantuas, a dressmaker; mantua-making Hist. the making of mantuas, dressmaking.

■ Mantuan, Mantoan noun & adjective (a native or inhabitant) of Mantua LME.

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