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manteau

[man-toh, man-toh] / ˈmæn toʊ, mænˈtoʊ /




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A well-groomed woman, wearing a fashionable manteau and with a fully made-up face—perhaps she was the boy’s mother—whispered loudly from the line to him.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 26, 2016

My clients are the slightly more creative ones, not the standard pin stripe/porte manteau types.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2012

A red-velvet manteau de cour covered with heavy embossed silver embroidery hung from her shoulders.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

The dress consisted of a black robe, with a mantle of the same colour, the whole being called manteau à bec, having upon the left side thereof a white cross in cloth, with light points.

From Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean by E. Hamilton Currey

Go, Gudyill, make them welcome, and let them be accommodated with what provision and forage the Tower can afford.—And stay, tell my gentlewoman to bring my black scarf and manteau.

From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Sir Walter Scott

I myself packed a trunk for her with every conceivable necessity, as well as gowns and manteaus of the finest material and the most elegant fashion.

From The Bow of Orange Ribbon A Romance of New York by Theo. Hampe

The stores are very low, sir: Some dolly petticoats, and manteaus we have; and half a 070 dozen pair of laced shoes, bought from court at second hand.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott

Gowns seem never to have been sent, but manteaus, mantles, and "ferrandine" cloaks appear frequently.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

A general distinction may be made not to include sleeved garments with the cloaks; but several of the manteaus had loose, large, flowing sleeves, and some like Madam Symonds's had detached sleeves.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

Mom said those were called manteaux, which was yet another word Farsi may or may not have borrowed from the French.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

We were all in light clothes: Mom, Laleh, and Mamou with white headscarves and manteaux, and me, Dad, and Babou in our white caps.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

We ladies, in walking out, allowed our manteaux to trail behind us.

From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

In the deference of the bored yet gracious young women who, with robes et manteaux, had come all the way from Fifth Avenue, there had been a flagon or two of that balm.

From The Paliser case by Edgar Saltus

Then buy not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny, Converting "Robes, modes, et manteaux" Into—"Pas, si je connais!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 by Various


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