What Do You Mean by Mettle

1a : vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament sense 1a) a girl of … mettle who lost a baby brother to leukemia— Bill Zehme. b : staying quality : stamina equipment that proved its mettle proved his mettle in battle.

What does a man of mettle mean?

noun. courage and fortitude: a man of mettle. disposition or temperament: a man of fine mettle.

How do you use the word mettle?

1. Of all the young men in the village, Caldor was the only one with enough mettle to face the dragon in its lair.
2. To prove his mettle and show that he was daring enough to join the club, Timmy had to spend an hour alone in the haunted house on the hill.