MANTLE

cape, mantle

(noun) a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall

(noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece

(noun) shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

mantle, pallium

(noun) (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

mantle

(noun) the cloak as a symbol of authority; “place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders”

blanket, mantle

(noun) anything that covers; “there was a blanket of snow”

mantle

(noun) the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

Mantle, Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle

(noun) United States baseball player (1931-1997)

mantle

(verb) cover like a mantle; “The ivy mantles the building”

mantle

(verb) spread over a surface, like a mantle

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

mantle (plural mantles)

A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.) [from 9th c.]

(figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.

(figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak. [from 9th c.]

(malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted. [from 15th c.]

(ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

The zone of hot gases around a flame.

A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) [from 19th c.]

The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.

A penstock for a water wheel.

(anatomy) The cerebral cortex. [from 19th c.]

(geology) The layer between the Earth's core and crust. [from 20th c.]

A fireplace shelf; Alternative spelling of mantel

(heraldry) A mantling.

Verb

mantle (third-person singular simple present mantles, present participle mantling, simple past and past participle mantled)

(transitive) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.

(intransitive) To become covered or concealed.

(intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).

Anagrams

• Lament., lament, manlet, mantel, mental

Proper noun

Mantle

A surname.

Anagrams

• Lament., lament, manlet, mantel, mental

Source: Wiktionary

Man"tle, n. Etym: [OE. mantel, OF. mantel, F. manteau, fr. L. mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. mantele, mantile, towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the root of tela cloth. See Manual, Textile, and cf. Mandil, Mantel, Mantilla.]

1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope. [The] children are clothed with mantles of satin. Bacon. The green mantle of the standing pool. Shak. Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree. Burns.

2. (Her.)

Definition: Same as Mantling.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus. (b) Any free, outer membrane. (c) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

4. (Arch.)

Definition: A mantel. See Mantel.

5. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth. Raymond.

6. (Hydraulic Engin.)

Definition: A penstock for a water wheel.

Man"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mantled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mantling.]

Definition: To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise. Shak.

Man"tle, v. i.

1. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively. Ne is there hawk which mantleth on her perch. Spenser. Or tend his sparhawk mantling in her mew. Bp. Hall. My frail fancy fed with full delight. Doth bathe in bliss, and mantleth most at ease. Spenser.

2. To spread out; -- said of wings. The swan, with arched neck Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows. Milton.

3. To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool. Though mantled in her cheek the blood. Sir W. Scott.

4. To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc. There is a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond. Shak. Nor bowl of wassail mantle warm. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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