The meaning of Mantelet and additional information.

Mantelet(n.) A short cloak formerly worn by knights.

Mantelet(n.) A short cloak or mantle worn by women.

Mantelet(n.) A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet.