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Definition of Mantling
1. n. The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms: -- called also lambrequin.
Definition of Mantling
1. Verb. (present participle of mantle) ¹
2. Noun. (heraldry) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mantling
1. an ornamental cloth [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mantling
Literary usage of Mantling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heraldry as Art: An Account of Its Development and Practice, Chiefly in England by George William Eve (1907)
"... Crest and mantling THE treatment of the helm and mantling is a matter of
especial interest both as a significant part of an achievement of arms and as ..."
2. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"127 And the brain dances to the mantling b. S. ii. ... 119 And the b. dances to
the mantling bowl *?. ii. 8 And it rains, front hard-bound b—s, etc/it lines ..."
3. A Descriptive Checklist of the Etched & Engraved Book-plates by Joseph Winfred Spenceley, Pierre de Chaignon la Rose (1905)
"From this floats to the sides of the frame beautifully rendered mantling ...
Armorial without helmet and mantling. The signature appears on the proofs only. ..."
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