DCHP-3

manta

[< Sp.]
West, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a strong, water-proof sheet used to protect a pack.

See: mantle

Quotations

1912
Around him in a horseshoe stood fifty complete aparajeos, each with . . . sovran helmo and cinchas, sweat pad, blanket, and corona, while the head-ropes strapped the mantas over all.