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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mant(e)let(e, Mantillat, n. [ME. mantelet (Chaucer), mantilet (1440), OF. mantelet, dim. of mantel Mantill n.¹] A mantelet. a. A housing for a horse. b. A cloak, mantle. — c1420 Wynt. vii. 697.
Hys cumly sted off Araby, Sadelyd and brydelyd costlykly, Coveryd wyth a fayre mantlete [v.rr. mantlet] Off precyows and [of] fyne wellvet 1494 Loutfut MS. 120 b.
The habit of ane erll … salbe a mantillat of skerlatt opinnyt before