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Definition of Mantelets
1. mantelet [n] - See also: mantelet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantelets
Literary usage of Mantelets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Siege Artillery in the Campaigns Against Richmond: With Notes on the 15-inch by Henry L. Abbot (1867)
"Shelter from projectiles, including parapets, looped shields, mantelets, bomb-proofs,
&c. Data for estimating soldiers' labor. Magazines. Boyaux. ..."
2. The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated Into English: To which is Prefixed a by Julius Caesar, William Duncan, Aulus Hirtius (1755)
"... and having carried his Works fifteen Foot high, covered that Part of his Camp
with mantelets. Five Days after, taking advantage of a very dark Night, ..."
3. The Cloister and the Hearth: Or, Maid, Wife, and Widow; a Matter-of-fact Romance by Charles Reade (1861)
"The first thing they did was to advance their carpenters behind rolling mantelets
to erect a stockade high and strong on the very edge of the moat. ..."
4. A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an Explanation of by Charles Hutton (1815)
"mantelets are made of different materials, so as to render them musket proof;
... There are also other kinds of .mantelets, covered on the top, ..."
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