Obs. [f. OF. curt, cort, now court short (see CURT) + MANTLE.] One who wears a short cloak. (A surname given to Henry II.)
c. 1367. Eulog. Hist. (1863), III. V. cix. Henricum Curtmauntel cognominatum, qui postea regnavit in Anglia.
1636. James, Iter Lanc. (1845), 3. As ye squire So are they all, courtmantells in attire Of blewe.
1646. Buck, Rich. III., I. 4. The French men called him, Henry du Court Manteau, or Court Mantle, because he wore a cloake shorter than the fashion was in those times.
1677. F. Sandford, Geneal. Hist. Eng., 599. This Henry [II.] called … Court Mantle, because he was the first that brought the fashion of short cloaks out of Anjou.
