Vocabulary : Manteaux to Mantis

Manteaux : of Manteau
Mantel : The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.
Mantelet : A short cloak formerly worn by knights. ;; A short cloak or mantle worn by women. ;; 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.
Mantelletta : A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees.
Mantelpiece : Same as Mantel.

Mantelshelf : The shelf of a mantel.
Manteltree : The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.
Mantic : Of or pertaining to divination, or to the condition of one inspired, or supposed to be inspired, by a deity; prophetic.
Mantilla : A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like. ;; A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.
Mantis : Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded in prayer. The common American species is M. Carolina.

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