mandil

English

Robert Sidney wearing a mandil colly-westonward

Etymology

Old French mandil; see also Spanish and Portuguese mandil — a coarse apron, a haircloth; all from Arabic منديل (mandiil)—tablecloth, handkerchief, mantle, from Latin mantile, mantele

Noun

mandil (plural mandils)

1. A loose outer coat or jacket worn by men in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

See also

• mantle
• mandilion
• mandelion

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• mendil
• mandilh

Noun

mandil m (oblique plural mandis, nominative singular mandis, nominative plural mandil)

1. small coat

Descendants

• English: mandil (borrowed)

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Spanish

mandil de cocina (kitchen apron)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ma̠nˈdil]
• Rhymes: -il

Etymology

From Arabic منديل (mandiil), from Latin mantile, mantele, hence cognate of mantel

Noun

mandil m (plural mandiles)

1. apron

Synonyms

• delantal

Derived terms

• mandilón

See also

• mandril