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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mantel \Man"tel\, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf F.
manteau de chemin['e]e. See {Mantle}.] (Arch.)
The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in
front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above
the fireplace, and its supports. [Written also {mantle}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mantel
n : projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a
mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: {mantelpiece}, {mantle}, {mantlepiece},
{chimneypiece}]
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