mantelet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun portable bulletproof shelter
    mantlet.
  2. noun short cape worn by women
    mantilla.

WordNet

Man"tel*et noun
Etymology
F., dim. of manteau, OF. mantel. See Mantle.
Definitions
  1. (a) A short cloak formerly worn by knights. (b) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
    A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. Chaucer.
  2. (Fort.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.

Webster 1913