Etymology

mantlet

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Today it means: A short sleeveless cloak or cape. Full definition →

Middle English mauntelet ← Old French mantelet
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  1. Old French · derived frommantelet
  2. Middle English · inherited frommauntelet
  3. English todaymantlet

From Middle English mauntelet, from Old French mantelet, diminutive of mantel (“mantle”). Doublet of mantelletta.

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