1. Plural of manteau; long, loose cloaks or coats, typically worn as outer garments.
Usage: French loanword; formal or historical contexts

Examples

• The museum displayed a collection of 18th-century manteaux worn by aristocratic women.
• She draped her manteaux over her shoulders as she entered the grand ballroom.
• The fashion historian explained how manteaux evolved from practical outerwear to decorative garments.
• Several ornate manteaux hung in the costume department's archive.
• The portrait showed the duchess in an elaborate manteaux trimmed with fur.