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mantua
CIDE DICTIONARY
mantua, n.
- A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. Beck (Draper's Dict.). [1913 Webster]
- A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mantua, n. hist. a woman's loose gown of the 17th-18th c.
Etymology
corrupt. of manteau (F, as MANTLE) after Mantua in Italy
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