mantel的词源

英文词源

mantel (n.)

c. 1200, "short, loose, sleeveless cloak," variant of mantle (q.v.). Sense of "movable shelter for soldiers besieging a fort" is from 1520s. Meaning "timber or stone supporting masonry above a fireplace" first recorded 1510s, a shortened form of Middle English mantiltre "mantletree" (late 15c.).

中文词源

mantel：壁炉架，壁炉台

来自mantle拼写变体，其原义为覆盖物，披风，斗篷，后引申词义壁炉架，壁炉台，因其形如一张披风而得名。

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