manteau (plural manteaus or manteaux)
A cloak or gown, especially of a kind popular with women in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Source: Wiktionary
Man`teau", n.; pl. F. Manteaux, E. Manteaus. Etym: [F. See Mantle, n.]
1. A woman's cloak or mantle.
2. A gown worn by women. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 April 2025
(noun) a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
