bishop's mantle
bishop's mantle · bishop's mantles
A tippet, often with a collar and/or cape, of mailA tippet (shoulder protection), often with a collar and/or cape, of mail.
Meaning
2 sensesA tippet (shoulder protection), often with a collar and/or cape, of mail.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bishop, mantle.
Forms
plural: bishop's mantles| Singular | bishop's mantle |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.