Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deprive of a mantle; uncover.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To divest of a mantle; to uncover.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To divest of a
mantle ; touncover .
Etymologies
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un- + mantle
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Examples
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Nor can it be said to inculcate any particular moral, or to do more than unmantle the decorum of society.
The Life of Lord Byron Galt, John, 1779-1839 1830
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Sir William Stanhope went to look at it; Mrs. Herbert, the governess, advanced to unmantle it; he said, "In wax, I suppose."
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757
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