mantle | |
1. subst. A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.) | |
2. subst. (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection. | |
At the meeting, she finally assumed the mantle of leadership of the party. | |
The movement strove to put women under the protective mantle of civil rights laws. | |
3. subst. (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak. | |
4. subst. (malacology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted. | |
5. subst. (ornithology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings. | |
6. subst. The zone of hot gases around a flame. | |
7. subst. 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 produ | |
8. subst. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth. | |
9. subst. A penstock for a water wheel. | |
10. subst. (anatomy) The cerebral cortex. | |
11. subst. (geology) The layer between the Earth's core and crust. | |
12. subst. A fireplace shelf; alternative spelling of mantel | |
13. subst. (heraldry) A mantling. | |
14. v. To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes). | |