Portable bulletproof shelter.
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Examples for "mantelet "
Examples for "mantelet "
1 The Dargonesti slashing at the captives with seaweed whips were protected by a wooden mantelet .
2 She had set her heart on a silk mantelet marked thirteen francs, which she had seen in a shopwindow.
3 All this time Denys was behind his mantelet with another arbalestrier, protecting the workmen and making some excellent shots.
4 In the varied forms of spelling and wearing, as manto, manteau, mantoon, mantelet , and mantilla the foundation is the same.
5 On the memorable occasion of which I speak I was habited in a crimson satin dress, with a sky-blue Arabian mantelet .
1 He passed his own mantlet forward to cover the battered pair.
2 The tavern's front door served as the final rear mantlet closing all egress.
3 He heaved his mantlet off where it had stuck and reached back for another.
4 Cloaks!' Abandoned, a mantlet table-top fell and a storm of bolts lashed into the exposed interior.
5 Though he who fears death lie in the heart of the valley, no mantlet shall shelter him.
6 When the Hellespontines saw this, they brought up a shield - mantlet , and seized the approaches of the gates.
7 They are bringing forward shield and mantlet .
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.
9 A spear thrust between mantlets , its leaf-shaped blade skittering from Shimmer's armour.
10 The mantlets were close now, the bow fire more targeted on the parapets.
11 Flames roared up behind the turtle of jostled mantlets , cutting off the alley.
12 They could see the Mongols working, though the mantlets were still held over their heads.
13 Some genius had faced the mantlets with water-soaked thatch, which made them heavy but, essentially, fireproof.
14 Mantlets was one name Shimmer knew for them.
15 I should say that they are intending to march forward covered by mantlets of wattles and hides.
16 Bowmen behind mantlets and among the ruins of the burnt buildings close by exchanged fire with their crossbowmen.
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