Definition of "mantlepiece" [man•tle•piece]

• Alternative spelling of mantelpiece. (noun)

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• "Just in front of him on the mantlepiece was a photograph of his grandfather, old Jolyon, taken in his eighties — the last record of that old face, its broad brow, and white moustache, its sunken cheeks, deep, steady eyes, and strong jaw."
• "On the mantlepiece was a little old daguerreotype, slightly pinked in the cheeks, of his grandfather — ‘Superior Dosset’ set in a deep, enamelled frame."
• "On the walls of his bed-room and over the mantlepiece was a text emblazoned, on which at evening and morning he could look, which read:"