mantel
pronunciation
How to pronounce mantel in British English:
UK ['mæntl]
How to pronounce mantel in American English:
US [ˈmæntl]
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- Noun:
- shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
Word Origin
- mantel (n.)
- c. 1200, "short, loose, sleeveless cloak," variant of mantle (q.v.). Sense of "movable shelter for soldiers besieging a fort" is from 1520s. Meaning "timber or stone supporting masonry above a fireplace" first recorded 1510s, a shortened form of Middle English mantiltre "mantletree" (late 15c.).
Example
- 1. Hung above the mantel place , you could have a large family portrait that 's always recent to keep the chapters of life updated to the montage of baby , graduation and wedding pictures below .
- 2. But ms mantel achieves much more than that .
- 3. On hilary mantel 's computer desktop is a photograph of the view from her window .
- 4. British novelist hilary mantel likes to write first thing in the morning , before she has uttered a word or had a sip of coffee .
- 5. Why do we hang stockings on the mantel ?