mantle — Defs

01 n. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak.

1.
A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak.
“[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.
Same as Mantling.(Her.) See: Mantling
3.
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.(Zool.) See: Buccinum, Byssus
4.
A mantel. See Mantel.(Arch.) See: Mantel
5.
The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
6.
A penstock for a water wheel.(Hydraulic Engin.)
7.
The highly viscous shell of hot semisolid rock, about 1800 miles thick, lying under the crust of the Earth and above the core. Also, by analogy, a similar shell on any other planet.(Geol.)

02 v. t. To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.

imp. & p. p. Mantled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mantling

03 v. i. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; -- said of hawks. Also used figuratively.

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.