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A Mantlet is a large portable shield used for protection against projectiles.[1][2]
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During the Siege of Meereen in 299 AC, Queen Daenerys Targaryen commands her admiral Groleo to have her fleet dismantled in order to use the wood of the ships to construct mantlets, battering rams, turtles, catapults, and scaling ladders.[2]
References
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 69, Jon IX.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 71, Daenerys VI.