bishop's mantle

短语

词形变化

bishop's mantles 复数 bishop's mantles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tippet (shoulder protection), often with a collar and/or cape, of mail.

    The second illustration shows a case devoted to the equipment of the "Landsknecht" soldiers, that famous body […] High up in the centre is a chain mail tippet or "Bishop's mantle," so frequently depicted by the engravers […]

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bishop, mantle.