Definitions for: Mantle


[n] a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
[n] hanging cloth used as a blind
[n] shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
[n] (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
[n] the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
[n] anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow"
[n] the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
[n] United States baseball player (1931-1997)
[v] cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"
[v] spread over a surface, like a mantle



Webster (1913) Definition: Man"tle, n. [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.) Same as Mantling.

3. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.) A mantel. See Mantel.

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

6. (Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel.


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

Synonyms: blanket, cape, chimneypiece, curtain, drape, drapery, mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, Mickey Charles Mantle, Mickey Mantle, pall, pallium

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