mantua

noun4

1. •
   An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
2. •
   (no longer used) A woman's gown.

   • Her dress was extremely elegant, but had an appearance of foreign fashion, as if both the lady and her mantua-maker were of 'a far countree’. — 1818
3. •
   (no longer used) A woman's cloak or mantle.
4. •
   (no longer used) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.