† ˈfoot-mantle Obs.
a. ? An over-garment worn by women when riding, to protect their dress. b. = foot-cloth 1.
| c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 472 A foot-mantel aboute hir hipes large. 1488 in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. I. 147 Item, for thre elne of veluus til a fut mantil, price of the elne iij li. c 1610 Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1735) 91 With them came a Servant of Lord Robert's with a Horse and Foot-mantle of velvet..for me to ride upon. 1685 Lond. Gaz. No. 2031/1 Six Heralds in Coats with Foot-Mantles, bearheaded, two and two. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. iv, ‘Horse graith and harnessing, forby broidered robes and foot-mantles, that wad hae stude by their lane wi' gold brocade.’ |