mantelets

Then he suggested that they build large shielded enclosures called mantelets, and use them to approach the palisades and set the walls ablaze.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Then he suggested that they build large shielded enclosures called mantelets, and use them to approach the palisades and set the walls ablaze.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Other Indians came forward under cover of the mantelets.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The attackers ran short of kindling, the fires went out, and the frustrated attackers emerged from their mantelets.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Other Indians came forward under cover of the mantelets.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The attackers ran short of kindling, the fires went out, and the frustrated attackers emerged from their mantelets.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

The rowers were protected by a line of raised mantelets along the sides, but the warriors dancing on the narrow deck were in full view.

The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

The rowers were protected by a line of raised mantelets along the sides, but the warriors dancing on the narrow deck were in full view.

The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

He told their counterparts in the northeast and northwest towers to alert him immediately if they sighted either dragons or the appearance of wooden mantelets near the eastern or northern gates to prevent escape.

The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993

The rowers were protected by a line of raised mantelets along the sides, but the warriors dancing on the narrow deck were in full view.

The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989