Mantua
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mantua is a noun meaning An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
Meaning
An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
- (obsolete) A woman's cloak or mantle.
- (obsolete) A woman's gown.
Example Sentences
Her dress was extremely elegant, but had an appearance of foreign fashion, as if both the lady and her mantua-maker were of 'a far countree’.
Anderson mentions black and coloured mantuas amongst other silks introduced here by the French immigrants of 1685. […] Mantuas are also included in a list of silks advertised for sale in the British Chronicle of 1763 […]
Word Forms
- mantuas
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