Mantuan


man·tu·a

M0091800 (măn′cho͞o-ə, -to͞o-ə)n. A woman's garment of the 1600s and 1700s consisting of a bodice and full skirt cut from a single length of fabric, with the skirt designed to part in front to reveal a contrasting underskirt.
[Alteration (influenced by Mantua) of manteau.]

Man·tu·a

M0091800 (măn′cho͞o-ə, -to͞o-ə) A city of northern Italy south-southwest of Verona. Originally an Etruscan settlement, it is noted as the birthplace of the Roman poet Virgil (70 bc).
Man′tu·an adj. & n.