mantlet
Movable protective screen
A mantlet is a portable shield or protective screen, historically used by soldiers during sieges to provide cover while approaching fortifications.
The term appears in military history and medieval contexts: Sappers advanced behind mantlets toward the castle walls.
In architecture, a mantlet can also refer to a short mantle or cape-like covering.
Small defensive arm disc
- scutumRoman infantry shield
- aegisSponsorship and protection
- heaterDevice producing warmth
- kiteWind-flown tethered toy
tower shield · boss · grip · strap · heraldry · blazon · portable · wooden
Heavy beam for breaching
- siege towerMobile assault platform
- trebuchetCounterweight-powered projectile launcher
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- ballistaAncient projectile siege engine
sapper · breach · escalade · siegecraft · bombardment · assault · storming · investment
buckler
Small defensive arm disc
kite · tower shield · boss · grip · strap · heraldry · blazon · portable · wooden · crossbowman
battering ram
Heavy beam for breaching
- siege towerMobile assault platform
- trebuchetCounterweight-powered projectile launcher
- catapultSiege engine for launching
ballista · sapper · breach · escalade · siegecraft · bombardment · assault · storming · investment · blockade
cape
Shouldered sleeveless wrap
poncho · tippet · pelisse · capelet · sleeveless · drape · garment · outerwear · ceremonial
plate
Flat dish for food
gorget · vambrace · greave · helmet · visor · breastplate · hauberk · protection · knight · armourer
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- siegessiege, siege tower, siege engine, siege engines, siege warfare
- tank partsturret, treads, cannon, hull, tracks
- Vehicle Armorreactive armor, side armor, ERA, armor plating, side skirts
- medieval armsswords, shields, axes, spears, bows
- armored vehiclestank, armored car, armored truck, armored vehicle, armored personnel carrier
mantletcastle wall
curtain wall · rampart · battlement · fortress · bastion
mantletbattering ram
Heavy beam for breaching
siege tower · trebuchet · catapult · ballista · siege engine
mantletopen ground
no man's land · unprotected · unshielded · defenseless · vulnerability
- pick up the mantleAssume a predecessor's role
- passed the mantleTransferred role to successor
- took up the mantleAssumed another's role
- passing the mantleTransferring leadership to another
- assumes the mantleTakes on leadership responsibility
- picked up the mantleAssumed another's role