What's the difference between mantelet and mantilla?

Mantelet


Definition:

  • (n.) A short cloak formerly worn by knights.
  • (n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.
  • (n.) 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.

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Mantilla


Definition:

  • (n.) A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.
  • (n.) A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.

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