mantle-tree

See also: mantletree

English

Etymology

From mantle +‎ tree.

Noun

mantle-tree (plural mantle-trees)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• chambranle
• mantle

 

References

• Cowper, William, Cowper: The Didactic Poems of 1782, Clarendon Press: 1874, p. 230 [1]

Anagrams

• manteltree