Mantua

Word MANTUA
Character 6
Hyphenation man tu a
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Mantua"

What do we mean by mantua?

A woman's garment of the 1600s and 1700s consisting of a bodice and full skirt cut from a single length of fabric, with the skirt designed to part in front to reveal a contrasting underskirt. noun

1. A manteau; specifically, a woman's gown, especially one open in front, showing the petticoat and the lining of the mantua itself. noun

A loose cloak worn by women about 1850. noun

A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. noun

A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown. noun

An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France. noun

A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy. noun

A woman's cloak or mantle. noun

A woman's gown. noun

Loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries noun

An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.

A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.

A woman's cloak or mantle.

A woman's gown.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Mantua

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The word "mantua" in example sentences

Her gown, a plain English mantua-silk, manufactured in Spitalfields; her petticoat the same; her binding, a piece of chequered-stuff, made at ❋ Daniel Defoe (1696)

Nah, it's a "mantua", notice the seam lines all the way down the front. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Venetian "mantua," -- a sort of cloak which was just then returning into fashion. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

The first was a large woman, dressed in an old-fashioned mantua robe of grey satin, a fur tippet, and with a lace cap tied under her chin. ❋ Rose Melikan (2008)

George was ordering new jewels and crown and fussing over his Coronation dress, Carolyn had her mantua-maker attend both herself and Lady Hood and Lady Anne ❋ Unknown (2006)

Mrs. Mittin knew a mantua-maker who, to oblige her, would undertake this for a very small payment; and she promised to procure everything else that was necessary for the merest trifle. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She recommended that Mrs. Webbe, her former mantua-maker opposite Pall ❋ Unknown (2006)

Something was wrong with the mantua maker this morning. ❋ Beverly Swerling (2007)

“You,” Tompkins jerked his head at the mantua maker, “get that stuff off her.” ❋ Beverly Swerling (2007)

And the one in there had a pistol, the mantua maker said between her sobs. ❋ Beverly Swerling (2007)

Of course, I would never invite such custom myself, but there are some who are not so particular, and among us mantua makers… She shrugged and kept talking, but Joyful had stopped listening. ❋ Beverly Swerling (2007)

It is judicious, however, at times, to endeavor to awaken conscience both in mantua-makers and in monarchs, by the inculcation of a morality calculated to make an impression upon both; but, in order to make this impression, it is necessary to preach better than modern preachers usually do, who seldom talk effectively to either. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Turned out to be a man, one of them pirates with cutlasses and guns the mantua maker was screaming about, and— ❋ Beverly Swerling (2007)

The female being more weak, became still more disgusting and frightful in her old age; and, in short, without tailors, and mantua-makers, one-half of mankind would never have dared to show itself to the other. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mrs Chick made this impressive observation in the drawing – room, after having descended thither from the inspection of the mantua – makers upstairs, who were busy on the family mourning. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Collytus gets a livelihood out of a cloak business, and Menon as a mantua-maker, and so, again, more than half the Megarians212 by the making of vests. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The piano was heard no longer, the knitting – needles were laid aside, drawing was neglected, and mantua – making and millinery, on the smallest scale imaginable, appeared to have become the favourite amusement of the whole family. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The mantua maker brought a girl with her, an assistant. ❋ Beverly Swerling (2007)

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