mantle

Noun

• a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

• shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
  • in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece
    

• (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

• anything that covers
  • there was a blanket of snow
    

• the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

• United States baseball player (1931-1997)

• the cloak as a symbol of authority
  • place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders
    

Verb

• cover like a mantle
  • The ivy mantles the building
    

• spread over a surface, like a mantle

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cape , curtain , drape , drapery , pall , mantel , mantelpiece , mantlepiece , chimneypiece , pallium , blanket , Mantle , Mickey Mantle , Mickey Charles Mantle