, or Mantle-tree, is the lower part of the breast or front of a chimney. It was formerly a piece of timber that lay across the jambs, supporting the breastwork; but by a late act of parliament, chimney-breasts are not to be supported by a wooden mantletree, or turning piece, but by an iron bar, or by an arch of brick or stone.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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