mantle

pronunciation

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Noun:

the cloak as a symbol of authority
the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
anything that covers
(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
Verb:

spread over a surface, like a mantle
cover like a mantle

Word Origin

mantle: mantle: [13] Mantle comes via Old French mantel from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’, a word of uncertain (possibly Celtic) origin. Related forms to find their way into English from other languages include mantilla [18] (a Spanish diminutive of manta ‘cape’, which came from Latin mantus, a shortened form of mantellum) and mantua, a term used in the 17th and 18th centuries for a woman’s loose gown, which arose from the association of modern French manteau with the name of the Italian city of Mantua, once famous for its silks. And the mantel [15] of mantelpiece is a variant spelling of mantle.=> mantel

mantle (n.): Old English mentel "loose, sleeveless cloak," from Latin mantellum "cloak" (source of Italian mantello, Old High German mantal, German Mantel, Old Norse mötull), perhaps from a Celtic source. Reinforced and altered 12c. by cognate Old French mantel "cloak, mantle; bedspread, cover" (Modern French manteau), also from the Latin source. Figurative sense "that which enshrouds" is from c. 1300. Allusive use for "symbol of literary authority or artistic pre-eminence" is from Elijah's mantle [2 Kings ii:13]. As a layer of the earth between the crust and core (though not originally distinguished from the core) it is attested from 1940.

mantle (v.): "to wrap in a mantle," early 13c.; figurative use from mid-15c., from mantle (n.) or from Old French manteler. Related: Mantled; mantling.

1. Some carbon comes from the mantle to the surface in the form of diamonds .

2. Such meteorites look like igneous rocks from earth-hence the belief that vesta has a mantle .

4. Robert 's death draped edward in the kennedy mantle long before he was ready for it and forced him to confront his own mortality .

5. But it may not come fast enough to save what remains , in michael williams 's phrase , of " the incomparable green mantle that clothes the earth " .