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MantleMantle 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. MantleMantle 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. Mantle
Mantle 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.
Meaning of Mantle from wikipedia
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mantle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
mantle is a
piece of clothing, a type of cloak.
Several other meanings are
derived from that.
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