Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

mandil

mandil (man"dil) , noun

[Old French mandil; compare Sp. & Portuguese mandil a coarse apron, a haircloth; all from Arabic mandil tablecloth, handkerchief, mantle, from LGr. mandh`lion, from Latin mantile, mantele. See Mantle.]

A loose outer garment worn the 16th and 17th centuries.