mantilla
(mænˈtɪlə)
Also 9 mantillo.
[a. Sp. mantilla, dim. of manta: see mantle n.]
1. A large veil worn over a woman's head, and covering the shoulders.
| 1717 tr. Frezier's Voy. 259 They use that they call Mantilla for an Undress, to appear the more modest; and it is a Sort of Cloak, or Mantle, round at the Bottom, of a dark Colour, edg'd with Black Taffety. 1770 Gentl. Mag. XL. 530 A muslin or cambric veil called a mantilla, which hides the head and the upper part of their bodies. 1816 Lady Morgan F. Macarthy (1819) III. iii. 126 Lady Clancare..had exchanged her coarse unbecoming costume of the morning for a black Spanish dress and mantillo. 1882 H. De Windt Equator 129 The graceful mantilla is gradually but surely giving way to the Parisian bonnet. |
| attrib. 1884 Cross Life Geo. Eliot III. 297 The abundant hair..was draped with lace, arranged mantilla-fashion. |
2. A small cape or mantle.
| 1859 Edin. Rev. CIX. 310 A smart bonnet, a silk dress, a mantilla, and a parasol for Sundays. 1860 Motley Netherl. II. xvi. 263 Sir Francis Vere—conspicuous in the throng, in his red mantilla. |
3. A deep draping of lace attached to the edge of a corsage.
| 1835 Court Mag. VI. p. ix/2 The corsage..is trimmed with a mantilla, or else in the pelerine style, with blond lace. |
Hence
mantilla'd a., clad in a mantilla.
| 1853 G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas I. 49 The stream of cloaked and mantilla'd figures passing through the Calle de Velasquez. |