Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MAN'TEL-ET,

1. or MANT'LET n. [dim. of mantle.]
2. A small cloke worn by women. Johnson.
3. In fortification, a kind of movable parapet or penthouse, made of planks, nailed one over another to the highth of almost six feet, cased with tin and set on wheels. In a siege, this is driven before pioneers, to protect them from the enemy's small shot. Harris.