mantua

A woman’s garment of the 1600s and 1700s consisting of a bodice and full skirt cut from a single length of fabric, with the skirt designed to part in front to reveal a contrasting underskirt.

1. A manteau; specifically, a woman’s gown, especially one open in front, showing the petticoat and the lining of the mantua itself.

A loose cloak worn by women about 1850.

A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.

A woman’s cloak or mantle; also, a woman’s gown.

An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.

A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.

A woman’s cloak or mantle.

A woman’s gown.

loose gown of the 17th and 18th centuries