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manteau Obs. exc. Hist.
Forms: α. 7–8 mantoe, 7–9 manto; β. 7 mantou, -ow, 7–9 manteau.
[a. F. manteau:—L. mantellum: see mantle n.]
1. (See quot. 1706.)
α1678Butler Hud. iii. i. 700 Jealous piques, Which th' Ancients wisely signify'd By th' yellow mantos of the bride. 1691Emilianne's Frauds Rom. Monks (ed. 3) 408 Womens Cloaths; as Mantoe's, Stays and Petticoats. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Mantoe or Mantua Gown, (Fr.) a loose upper Garment, now generally worn by Women, instead of a straight-body'd Gown. c1720Duke of Montagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 367 The women..with their mantoes stuck out behind. 1729–30Lady Stanley in Mrs. Delany's Life & Corr. (1861) I. 235 Your sister Pendarvis sends you your manto and petticoat to be a bridesmaid.
β1671Shadwell Humorist i. 2 A delicate white Mantou. 1687Miege Gt. Fr. Dict. ii, Mantow, a sort of Women's Gown. 1690Evelyn Mundus Muliebris 2 Three Manteaus, nor can Madam less Provision have for due undress. 1702Addison Dial. Medals (1727) 17 An Antiquary will scorn to mention..a petticoat or a manteau. 1793Residence in France (1797) I. 291 The ladies, equipped only in a short manteau and petticoat. 1816Scott Old Mort. ix, Tell my gentlewoman to bring my black scarf and manteau.
b. attrib., as manteau girdle, manteau gown.
1682True Protest. Mercury No. 162. 2/2 Lost a Flowerd silk Manto Gown. 1690Evelyn Mundus Muliebris 3 A Manteau Girdle.
‖2. transf. The plumage of a falcon.
1852R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus vii. 74 Grease of all kinds injures the manteau. [foot-note] Coat or plumage.
Hence manteau'd a., dressed in a manteau.
1788‘A. Pasquin’ Childr. Thespis (1792) 43 Her vests mend her frame, as the harp tunes the wind; She is manteau'd fallacious before and behind.
▸ Esp. in Iran: a coat or smock worn in public by some Muslim women.
1985Christian Sci. Monitor 6 Aug. 21/3 Women must wear either a chador..or a manteau (a loose smock worn over pants, from the French word for coat) with a scarf on the head. 1997Jrnl. Palestine Stud. 27 78 Whenever the women of Guyom went out in public, they wore a manteau, a loose-fitting, ankle-length, trench-coat-like covering over their clothes. 2006Guardian (Nexis) 20 Apr. 19 Her tight, short black manteau with intricate gold patterns seemed designed to provoke the ire of the authorities. |