1. a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
2. something that covers, envelops, or conceals: the mantle of darkness.
3. the portion of the earth, about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) thick, between the crust and the core.
4. a single or paired outgrowth of the body wall that lines the inner surface of the valves of the shell in mollusks and brachiopods.
5. a chemically prepared, incombustible network hood for a gas jet, kerosene wick, etc., that, when the jet or wick is lighted, becomes incandescent and gives off a brilliant light.
6. the back, scapular, and inner wing plumage, especially when of the same color and distinct from other plumage.
7. mantel.
8. a continuous beam set on a ring of columns and supporting the upper brickwork of a blast furnace in such a way that the brickwork of the hearth and bosh may be readily replaced.

9. to cover with or as if with a mantle; envelop; conceal.

10. to spread or cover a surface, as a blush over the face.
11. to flush; blush.
12. (of a hawk) to spread out one wing and then the other over the corresponding outstretched leg.
13. to be or become covered with a coating, as a liquid; foam: The champagne mantled in the glass.

1. U.S. baseball player.
2. U.S. journalist.

1. a loose wrap or cloak
2. such a garment regarded as a symbol of someone's power or authority
3. anything that covers completely or envelops
4. a small dome-shaped or cylindrical mesh impregnated with cerium or thorium nitrates, used to increase illumination in a gas or oil lamp
5. Also called: pallium zoology
• a protective layer of epidermis in molluscs that secretes a substance forming the shell
• a similar structure in brachiopods
6. the feathers of the folded wings and back, esp when these are of a different colour from the remaining feathers
7. the part of the earth between the crust and the core, accounting for more than 82% of the earth's volume (but only 68% of its mass) and thought to be composed largely of peridotite
8. a less common spelling of mantel
9. anatomy another word for pallium (def. 3)
10. a clay mould formed around a wax model which is subsequently melted out

11. to envelop or supply with a mantle
12. to spread over or become spread over
13. (of the face, cheeks) to become suffused with blood; flush
14. (of a hawk or falcon) to spread the wings and tail over food

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