Sentence:  Still the <WSD>mantilla</WSD> preserved its sway; it had taken a fast hold of the affections of all classes of the feminine gender; and there is now as much chance of driving roast-beef from our shores as there is of transporting black <WSD>mantillas</WSD>. ... no squire's lady, no duke's duchess, no countess, and no queen, can or need, in these days of <WSD>mantillas</WSD>, be without one of these coverlids for the shoulders, these hiders of all deformities, and these friends to all ages and proportions. For there are <WSD>mantillas</WSD> from seven shillings to seven pounds,—of all sizes and shapes, with or without fringe, lace, tassels, and other ornaments. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A lace veil of Spanish origin worn over a woman's hair and shoulders.