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  • noun Plural form of mantlet.

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Examples

  • [It is not quite clear what the Chinese word, here translated as "mantlets", described.

    The Art of War 6th cent. B.C. Sunzi

  • With Welded & Saukopf mantlets & Etched schurtzen.

    MINI WARGAMING: New 6mm Microarmor Manufacturer! MaksimSmelchak 2007

  • The preparation of mantlets, movable shelters, and various implements of war, will take up three whole months; and the piling up of mounds over against the walls will take three months more.

    Sun Tzu: The Art of War: Part 1 2007

  • Ge8, Stuh42 105mm Fire support with Welded & Saukopf mantlets & Etched schurtzen.

    MINI WARGAMING: New 6mm Microarmor Manufacturer! MaksimSmelchak 2007

  • Some of these boats had been sunk by stones from the city's ballistas, which crashed through their decks and ripped out their planking, but the rest held their places and from their bows and mastheads, protected by mantlets, archers raked the riverward turrets.

    Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006

  • "You'll find no wood to build mantlets unless you chop down trees, or strip it from your own ship," assured the Count grimly.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • The preparation of mantlets, movable shelters, and various implements of war, will take up three whole months; and the piling up of mounds over against the walls will take three months more.

    Why does Byron York hate our troops? Mumon 2005

  • "You'll find no wood to build mantlets unless you chop down trees, or strip it from your own ship," assured the Count grimly.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Some of these boats had been sunk by stones from the city's ballistas, which crashed through their decks and ripped out their planking, but the rest held their places and from their bows and mast-heads, protected by mantlets, archers raked the riverward turrets.

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

  • Some of these boats had been sunk by stones from the city's ballistas, which crashed through their decks and ripped out their planking, but the rest held their places and from their bows and mast-heads, protected by mantlets, archers raked the riverward turrets.

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

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