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Definition of Manto
1. n. See Manteau.
Definition of Manto
1. a 17c loose ladies gown [n MANTOS or MANTOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manto
Literary usage of Manto
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe: From the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"manto, the guardian nymph of his native place, hailed his advent, and summarised
in prophetic detail his achievements in verse. ..."
2. Wandering Sketches of People and Things in South America, Polynesia by William Maxwell Wood (1849)
"Saya-y-manto—Dress and morals—Lottery ticket venders—Lottery ... The eye will be
first arrested by the many females habited in the celebrated saya-y-manto. ..."
3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"My figures show cell narrower in manto. Hindwing. (6) Cell much less sharply
angled than in manto. I can see no difference. ..."
4. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"manto is from Ital. manto, a mantle (see mantle) ; but Mantua gown must refer to
Mantua in ... L.) Span, mantilla; dimin. of manto, a cloak, veil (below). ..."
5. Three Years in the Pacific: Including Notices of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger (1834)
"Saya y manto—Scenes in the street—Police—Market—Cherimoya—Palta— ... and observe
the ladies in saya y manto, as they passed to and from mass. ..."
6. A Voyage Round the World: And Visits to Various Foreign Countries, in the by Fitch Waterman Taylor (1847)
"... LADY IN HER SAVA Y manto. and what more than aught else attracts the stranger's
eye, the saya y manto was abroad, worn by the female worshippers, ..."
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