Word Meanings - MANTELSHELF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The shelf of a mantel.

Related words: (words related to MANTELSHELF)

• SHELF
  A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament. 2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships. On the tawny
• MANTEL
  The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports.
• SHELFY
  1. Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. "A shelfy coast." Dryden. 2. Full of strata of rock. The tillable fields are in some places . . . so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten its root. Carew.
• MANTELPIECE
  See MANTEL
• MANTELTREE
  The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.
• MANTELLETTA
  A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees.
• MANTELET
  A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; -- now commonly written mantlet. (more info) A short cloak formerly worn by
• MANTELSHELF
  The shelf of a mantel.
• BOOKSHELF
  A shelf to hold books.