mantua
see also: Mantua
Noun
Mantua
Proper noun
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see also: Mantua
Noun
mantua (plural mantuas)
- An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
- (obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
- 1882, S. William Beck, The Draper's Dictionary
- 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 […]
- 1882, S. William Beck, The Draper's Dictionary
- (obsolete) A woman's cloak or mantle.
- (obsolete) A woman's gown.
Mantua
Proper noun
- Province of Lombardy, Italy.
- City and capital of Mantua.
- {{RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet|4|1|passage=He and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.
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