mantlet

• The shot had ricocheted down off the gun mantlet, but still had enough force to pierce the hatch cover. —  Panzer Aces
• As for the mantlet, it was made in somewhat the same fashion, only it was less in size, nor was it to be brought near to the wall. —  Heroes Every Child Should Know
• "An hour or so after noon, when the cat had been brought close to the wall, and the mantlet was in its accustomed place, some fifty yards distant, the Turks made an attack on both at the same moment of time. —  Heroes Every Child Should Know
• When the Hellespontines saw this, they brought up a shield-mantlet, and seized the approaches of the gates. —  The Danish History, Books I-IX
• They are bringing forward shield and mantlet. —  The White Company

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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