Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman's garment of the 1600s and 1700s consisting of a bodice and full skirt cut from a single length of fabric, with the skirt designed to part in front to reveal a contrasting underskirt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 1. A manteau; specifically, a woman's gown, especially one open in front, showing the petticoat and the lining of the mantua itself.
- noun A loose cloak worn by women about 1850.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
- noun obsolete A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An article of
loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France. - noun obsolete A superior kind of rich
silk formerlyexported from Mantua in Italy. - noun obsolete A woman's
cloak ormantle . - noun obsolete A woman's
gown .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Her gown, a plain English mantua-silk, manufactured in Spitalfields; her petticoat the same; her binding, a piece of chequered-stuff, made at
The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.) Daniel Defoe 1696
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Nah, it's a "mantua", notice the seam lines all the way down the front.
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Venetian "mantua," -- a sort of cloak which was just then returning into fashion.
The Brotherhood of Consolation Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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The first was a large woman, dressed in an old-fashioned mantua robe of grey satin, a fur tippet, and with a lace cap tied under her chin.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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The first was a large woman, dressed in an old-fashioned mantua robe of grey satin, a fur tippet, and with a lace cap tied under her chin.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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George was ordering new jewels and crown and fussing over his Coronation dress, Carolyn had her mantua-maker attend both herself and Lady Hood and Lady Anne
Framing Romantic Dress: Mary Robinson, Princess Caroline and the Sex/Text 2006
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Mrs. Mittin knew a mantua-maker who, to oblige her, would undertake this for a very small payment; and she promised to procure everything else that was necessary for the merest trifle.
Camilla 2008
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The first was a large woman, dressed in an old-fashioned mantua robe of grey satin, a fur tippet, and with a lace cap tied under her chin.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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She recommended that Mrs. Webbe, her former mantua-maker opposite Pall
Framing Romantic Dress: Mary Robinson, Princess Caroline and the Sex/Text 2006
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It is judicious, however, at times, to endeavor to awaken conscience both in mantua-makers and in monarchs, by the inculcation of a morality calculated to make an impression upon both; but, in order to make this impression, it is necessary to preach better than modern preachers usually do, who seldom talk effectively to either.
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