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unˈmantle, v.
[un-2 4, 7. Cf. Du. ontmantelen, G. entmanteln, -mänteln.]
1. trans. To divest of a mantle or covering.
1598Florio, Smantellare, to vnmantle, to vncloke. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 26 They unmantled him of a new plush cloke. 1745H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 86 The new⁓born babe was shown in a..cradle..under a canopy;..the governess advanced to unmantle it. a1800Cowper Odyss. (ed. 2) x. 215 Obedient from the ground, Their folded brows unmantling, all arose, And with admiring eyes..the stag survey'd. 1821Scott Kenilw. vii, The Earl..affected to resist when she strove to take his cloak from him. ‘Nay,’ she said, ‘but I will unmantle you’.
fig.1660C. Southaick Fames Genius (1863) 23 Not to unmantle self and subtilty, But the true Portraicture of honesty.
b. intr. To take off one's mantle.
1822A. Cunningham Tradit. Tales I. 239 Unmantling as she spoke, [she] turned back to the Towers of Haddon the fairest face that ever left them.
2. trans. To dismantle, unfurnish.
1828Scott Tapestr. Chamb. ad fin., Lord Woodville [went] to command the Tapestried Chamber to be unmantled, and the door built up. |