Obs. a. ? An over-garment worn by women when riding, to protect their dress. b. = FOOT-CLOTH 1.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Prol., 472. A foot-mantel aboute hir hipes large.
1488. in Ld. Treas. Accts. Scotl., I. 147. Item, for thre elne of veluus til a fut mantil, price of the elne iij li.
c. 1610. Sir J. Melvil, Mem. (1735), 91. With them came a Servant of Lord Robert’s, with a Horse and Footmantle of Velvet laced with Gold for me to ride upon.
1685. Lond. Gaz., No. 2031/1. Six Heralds in Coats with Foot-Mantles, bearheaded, two and two.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., iv. ‘Horse-graith and harnessing, forby broidered robes and foot-mantles, that wad hae stude by their lane wi’ gold brocade.’
