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mandilion
[ man-dil-yuhn ]
noun
- a short cloak, with full hanging sleeves, often open or slit under the arms, worn by soldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- a similar garment without sleeves, worn by servants in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mandilion1
1570–80; < Middle French < Italian mandiglione, augmentative of mandiglia < Middle French mandil ( le ) ≪ Medieval Greek mandḗlion < Latin mantēl ( i ) um hand towel, napkin
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Example Sentences
This Getulian I say, fortuned to encounter a lion, and when he was violently assailed by him, made no more adoe but threw his mandilion or cassocke full upon his eies.
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