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Meanings of mantlet in English

Spanish
protector

Portable bulletproof shelter.

        protector
        Russian
        мантелет
        Spanish
        pluteo

        Siege engine.

                Related terms
                мантелет
                Usage of mantlet in English
                1
                He passed his own mantlet forward to cover the battered pair.
                Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
                2
                The tavern's front door served as the final rear mantlet closing all egress.
                Return of the Crimson Guard
                3
                He heaved his mantlet off where it had stuck and reached back for another.
                Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
                4
                Cloaks!' Abandoned, a mantlet table-top fell and a storm of bolts lashed into the exposed interior.
                Return of the Crimson Guard
                5
                Though he who fears death lie in the heart of the valley, no mantlet shall shelter him.
                The Danish History, Books I-IX
                6
                When the Hellespontines saw this, they brought up a shield-mantlet, and seized the approaches of the gates.
                The Danish History, Books I-IX
                7
                They are bringing forward shield and mantlet.
                The White Company
                8
                At the mantlet they aimed bolts from a strong engine which they had newly put in place, and by ill luck broke it through.
                Heroes Every Child Should Know
                9
                A spear thrust between mantlets, its leaf-shaped blade skittering from Shimmer's armour.
                Return of the Crimson Guard
                10
                The mantlets were close now, the bow fire more targeted on the parapets.
                Return of the Crimson Guard
                11
                Flames roared up behind the turtle of jostled mantlets, cutting off the alley.
                Return of the Crimson Guard
                12
                They could see the Mongols working, though the mantlets were still held over their heads.
                Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
                13
                Some genius had faced the mantlets with water-soaked thatch, which made them heavy but, essentially, fireproof.
                Surrender to the will of the night
                14
                Mantlets was one name Shimmer knew for them.
                Return of the Crimson Guard
                15
                I should say that they are intending to march forward covered by mantlets of wattles and hides.
                At Agincourt
                16
                Bowmen behind mantlets and among the ruins of the burnt buildings close by exchanged fire with their crossbowmen.
                Return of the Crimson Guard
                Frequent collocations
                Translations for mantlet
                Mantlet through the time