Mantele

Mantelé

Mantelé, (fr.): while the Chapé (q.v.) is supposed to obscure, as with a hood, a part of the shield, so mantelé is supposed to obscure the same with a mantle, i.e. a greater part is so obscured: (according to some=party per chevron extending to the top of the escutcheon). Not, however. used in any English arms.