mantel

Definitions of mantel
  1. noun
    a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
    synonyms: cape, overjas, pardessus, schoudermantel
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    pelerine
    short cape worn by women
    bontcape, cape, schoudermantel
    a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten
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    bovenkleed, gewaad, opperkleed, overjas, pardessus
    a loose outer garment
  2. noun
    a loose outer garment
    synonyms: bovenkleed, gewaad, opperkleed, overjas, pardessus
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    boernoes
    a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors
    kaftan
    a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant
    cape, overjas, pardessus, schoudermantel
    a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
    huik, kapmantel
    a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head
    kapucijn, rolaap
    a hooded cloak for women
    pallium
    cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome
    poncho
    a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head
    das, halsdoek, hoofddoek, omslagdoek, shawl, sjaal
    cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders
    gymnastiekpakje, gympakje, tunica, tuniek, uniformjas, wapenrok
    any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees
    adresband, omslagdoek, plaid, reisdeken, wikkel
    cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
    tuniek
    a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
    pelerine
    short cape worn by women
    tabbaard, tabberd, wapenkleed
    a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald
    bontcape, cape, schoudermantel
    a woman's fur shoulder cape with hanging ends; often consisting of the whole fur of a fox or marten
    toga
    (ancient Rome) a toga worn by a youth as a symbol of manhood and citizenship
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    overkleed
    a garment worn over other garments
  3. noun
    a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
    synonyms: bovenlaag, coating, deklaag, overjas, pardessus
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    ulster
    loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted
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    coat, jas
    an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
  4. noun
    (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
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    epidermis, hoornlaag, nagelriem, opperhuid
    the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
  5. noun
    anything that covers
    synonyms: beddedeken, beddendeken, dek, deken
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    bedekking, begroeiing, dekblad, huis, hulsel, kas, omhulsel, omkleding, omkleedsel
    a natural object that covers or envelops
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