Definition of: manta

(man′tə) noun
1. A coarse cotton cloth used by the lower classes of Spanish America for clothing; specifically, a woman's shawl or other article of clothing made of such material.
2. In the Rocky Mountains, the canvas covering of the load of a pack-animal.
3. A devilfish.
4. Obs. A mantelet. [<Sp., a blanket <LL mantum a cloak, back formation <L mantellum. See MANTLE.]