Mantle word meaning and definition

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

\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.

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