Mantua

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A woman's garment of the 17th and 18th centuries consisting of a bodice and full skirt cut from a single length of fabric, with the skirt designed to part in front to reveal a contrasting underskirt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
  • n. A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
  • n. A woman's cloak or mantle.
  • n. A woman's gown.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
  • n. A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 1. A manteau; specifically, a woman's gown, especially one open in front, showing the petticoat and the lining of the mantua itself.
  • n. A loose cloak worn by women about 1850.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries
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