mantle-tree
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See also: mantletree
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mantle-tree (plural mantle-trees)
- (archaic) A beam of wood over the opening of an open fireplace, from which items were hung.
- 1600's. Robert Herrick (1591-1674), To Larr (poem):
- No more shall I from mantle-trees hang down
- To honour thee, my little parlsey crown.
- 1600's. Robert Herrick (1591-1674), To Larr (poem):
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References[edit]
- Cowper, William, Cowper: The Didactic Poems of 1782, Clarendon Press: 1874, p. 230 [1]