| mantel | 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. Alternative forms: mantle. Origin: The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. Manteau de cheminee. See Mantle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Mantel, Nathan | <person> U.S. Biostatistician, *1927. See: Mantel-Haenszel test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mantel-Haenszel test | A summary chi-square test developed by Mantel and Haenszel for stratified data, used when controlling for confounding. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mantelet | 1. A short cloak formerly worn by knights. A short cloak or mantle worn by women. "A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging." (Chaucer) 2. A musket-proof shield of rope, wood, or metal, which is sometimes used for the protection of sappers or riflemen while attacking a fortress, or of gunners at embrasures; now commonly written mantlet. Origin: F, dim. Of manteau, OF. Mantel. See Mantle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| manteltree | The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |