mantel
/ˈmæn.təl/ noun C2- The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
- A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
Plural mantels
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Wickham, suspended, amongst several other miniatures, over the mantel-piece.
Won’t you let me carry you back to Kansas, and stand you on Aunt Em’s mantel?
Of course that is all that is expected of us when we are on mantels and cabinets and drawing-room tables, but our lives are much pleasanter here in our own country.”
I put down the candle and jumped for a hammer that I’d left on the mantel.
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