bishop's mantle
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bishop's mantle
noun bishop's mantles
- A tippet (shoulder protection), often with a collar and/or cape, of mail. The second illustration shows a case devoted to the equipment of the "Landsknecht" soldiers, that famous body […] High up in the centre is a chain mail tippet or "Bishop's mantle," so frequently depicted by the engravers […]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bishop, mantle.
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title = {bishop's mantle},
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