Meaning of bishop's mantle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tippet (shoulder protection), often with a collar and/or cape, of mail.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bishop, mantle.

Examples

“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 […]”

“German 'Landsknecht ' or professional foot-soldier, wearing mail 'bishop's mantle', carrying a two-handed sword, and also another sword with typical S-shaped quillons; from a contemporary woodcut, time of Henry VIII […]”

“Right : Robert Taggert (Lars Holtzclaw) wears a "bishop's mantle" of mail around the shoulders. He is a German soldier, or Landsknecht, and is a member of King Henry VIII's royal guard. His helmet is called a sallet.”

“I was dressed as a Landsknecht captain. I was wearing a chain mail bishop's mantle and carrying a short sword. […]”

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