mantling

mantling
/mant"ling/, n. Heraldry.
a decorative piece of cloth represented as hanging from a torse so as to cover the sides and rear of a helmet and often so as to frame the escutcheon below. Also called lambrequin. See illus. under coat of arms.
[1500-10; MANTLE + -ING1]

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