English Dictionary

mantelshelf

noun

A shelf above a fireplace. / (climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.

The mantelshelf above the fireplace was adorned with family photos.

意味（1）

A shelf above a fireplace.

Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

意味（2）

(climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.