1. • noun - the cloak as a symbol of authority
   • noun - United States baseball player (1931-1997)
   • noun - the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
   • noun - anything that covers
   • noun - (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
   • noun - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace
   • noun - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
   • noun - a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
   • verb - spread over a surface, like a mantle
   • verb - cover like a mantle
2. • A loose, sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; a cloak.
   • Something that covers, envelops, or conceals: “On a summer night... a mantle of dust hangs over the gravel roads” (John Dollard).
   • Variant of mantel.
   • The outer covering of a wall.
   • A zone of hot gases around a flame.
   • A device in gas lamps consisting of a sheath of threads that gives off brilliant illumination when heated by the flame.
   • The cerebral cortex.
   • Geology.
   • The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace above the hearth.
   • The wings, shoulder feathers, and back of a bird when differently colored from the rest of the body.
   • Zoology.
   • A fold or pair of folds of the body wall that lines the shell and secretes the substance that forms the shell in mollusks and brachiopods.
   • To cover with or as if with a mantle; conceal.
   • To spread or become extended over a surface.
   • To become covered with a coating, as scum or froth on the surface of a liquid.
   • To be overspread by blushes or colors: a face that was mantled in joy.
3. • v - to keep from sight or discovery

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