mantelletta
/ˌmantɪˈlɛtə
/noun (plural mantellettas or mantellette /ˌmantɪˈlɛteɪ/)
A sleeveless vestment reaching to the knees, worn by cardinals, bishops, and other high-ranking Catholic ecclesiastics.The mantelletta was once even more common than the mozzetta....
- In the background, one can make out the scarlet of a Cardinal, whose biretta is tuftless and who wears the scarlet mozzetta over his mantelletta.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Italian, from a diminutive of Latin mantellum 'mantle'.