mantua

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The fabric of Taryn’s is gorgeous, the cut of her mantua and stomacher perfect.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

“Madam,” I pressed, “I have it on the best authority that among the finest mantua makers of London, the pannier is no longer the mode.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

I laid out a part of your money in a made-up mantua and a petticoat of Rat de St. Maur, and for the hat,'twas the exact copy of the lovely Gunning's—Maria Coventry.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

That is settled, Lewin"—with a nod to the milliner—"the silver fleurs de luces for the wedding mantua.

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The little lady in the mourning mantua soon fell in love with our gallant spark, and when he made court to her, she represented herself as very wealthy.

From Gossip in a Library by Gosse, Edmund