foot-mantle

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noun In the fourteenth century and later, an outer garment used to protect the dress when riding. Apparently it was used by women only, and was the original of the modern riding-habit.

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There was a sharp sound of cloth tearing; she stumbled, caught my arm, and straightened up, red as fire, for the hem of her Levete was laid open to the knee, and displayed a foot-mantle, under which a tiny golden spur flashed on a lacquered boot-heel.

The Reckoning 1899
Then she walked by me, slowly, her eyes still on mine, the hem of her foot-mantle slightly lifted; and so, turning her head to watch me, she passed the door, closed it behind her, and was gone.

The Reckoning 1899
She nodded, yawning, then pulling her foot-mantle closer about her shoulders, pattered back into her chamber, and I went below and ordered our horses saddled, and breakfast to be served us as soon as might be.

The Reckoning 1899
She started; then a smile broke out on her flushed face as a painted warrior stalked solemnly forward, bent like a king, and lifted the hem of her foot-mantle to his lips.

The Reckoning 1899
This was sometimes called a foot-mantle, also a weather-skirt.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
So, with a foot-mantle round her hips, and a pair of sharp spurs on her feet, she looked as defiant as any self-conscious Amazon of any period.

Chaucer Adolphus William Ward 1880
With them came a servant of my lord Robert's with a horse and foot-mantle of velvet, laced with gold, for me to ride upon.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822