Mantilla Definition

măn-tēyə, -tĭlə
mantillas
noun
mantillas
A woman's scarf, as of lace, worn over the hair and shoulders, as traditionally in Spain, Mexico, etc.
Webster's New World
A short mantle, cape, or cloak.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Mantilla

Noun

Singular:
mantilla
Plural:
mantillas

Origin of Mantilla

  • Spanish diminutive of manta cape manta

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Spanish diminutive of manta.

    From Wiktionary

Mantilla Sentence Examples

  • The palliolum was a kind of mantilla.

  • The Spanish mantilla is a covering for the head and shoulders of white or black lace or other material, the characteristic head-dress of women in southern and central Spain.

  • Leaning on her arm was a slightly-built old lady with white ringlets, dressed all in black and wearing a lace mantilla.

  • Escaping from her father she ran to hide her flushed face in the lace of her mother's mantilla--not paying the least attention to her severe remark--and began to laugh.

  • Natasha, raising her face for a moment from her mother's mantilla, glanced up at her through tears of laughter, and again hid her face.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAN

Words Ending With

ALALLA

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