What is "mantle"

mantle \man"tle\, n. [OE. mantel, OF. mantel, F. manteau, fr. L. mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. mantele, mantile, towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the root of tela cloth. See Manual, Textile, and cf. Mandil, Mantel, Mantilla.]

1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.

   [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. (Her.) Same as Mantling.

3. (Zo["o]l.)

   1. 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.

   2. Any free, outer membrane.

   3. The back of a bird together with the folded wings.

4. (Arch.) A mantel. See Mantel.

5. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
   --Raymond.

6. (Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel.

7. (Geol.) 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.

Mantel \Man"tel\, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de chemin['e]e. See Mantle.] (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. The shelf is called also a mantelpiece or mantlepiece. [Written also mantle.]

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.

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

n. 1 A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (qualifier: Compare ''mantum''.) (from 9th c.) 2 (context figuratively English) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection. 3 (context figuratively English) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak. (from 9th c.) 4 (context zoology English) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted. (from 15th c.) 5 (context zoology English) The back of a bird together with the folded wings. 6 The zone of hot gases around a flame; the gauzy incandescent covering of a gas lamp. (from 19th c.) 7 The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth. 8 A penstock for a water wheel. 9 (context anatomy English) The cerebral cortex. (from 19th c.) 10 (context geology English) The layer between the Earth's core and crust. (from 20th c.) 11 A fireplace shelf; (alternative spelling of mantel English) 12 (context heraldry English) A mantling. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise. 2 (context intransitive English) To become covered or concealed. 3 (of face, cheeks) To flush.

1. v. spread over a surface, like a mantle

2. cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"

1. n. the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"

2. United States baseball player (1931-1997) [syn: Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle]

3. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

4. anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: blanket]

5. (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [syn: pallium]

6. shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece" [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, chimneypiece]

7. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, pall]

8. a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter [syn: cape]

__NOTOC__ A mantle (from mantellum, the Latin term for a cloak) is a type of loose garment usually worn over indoor clothing to serve the same purpose as an overcoat. Technically, the term describes a long, loose cape-like cloak worn from the 12th to the 16th century by both sexes, although by the 19th century, it was used to describe any loose-fitting, shaped outer garment similar to a cape. For example, the dolman, a 19th-century cape-like woman's garment with partial sleeves is often described as a mantle.

Mantle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Clive Mantle (born 1957), English actor
• Doreen Mantle (born 1930), British actress
• Gabe Mantle (born 1975), Canadian drummer
• John Mantle (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kelly Mantle, American drag queen
• Larry Mantle (born 1957), American radio host
• Mickey Mantle (1931–1995), American baseball player
• Anthony Dod Mantle (born 1955), British Cinematographer

A mantle (; Church Slavonic: мантия, mantiya) is an ecclesiastical garment in the form of a very full cape that extends to the floor, joined at the neck, that is worn over the outer garments.

In the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic churches, the mantle is a monastic garment worn by bishops, hegumens, archimandrites, and other monastics in processions and while attending various church services, such as Vespers or Matins; but not when vested to celebrate the Divine Liturgy. Unlike the Western cope, the mantle is worn only by monastics. The klobuk is worn over the mantle.

The mantle is a layer inside a terrestrial planet and some other rocky planetary bodies. For a mantle to form, the planetary body must be large enough to have undergone the process of planetary differentiation by density. The mantle lies between the core below and the crust above. The terrestrial planets ( Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury), the Moon, two of Jupiter's moons ( Io and Europa) and the asteroid Vesta each have a mantle made of silicate rock. Interpretation of spacecraft data suggests that at least two other moons of Jupiter ( Ganymede and Callisto), as well as Titan and Triton each have a mantle made of ice or other solid volatile substances.

Mantle may refer to:

• Mantle (geology), a layer in the interior of Earth or another planet
• Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear
  • Mantle (vesture), an Eastern Orthodox vesture worn by monastics and higher clergy
• Mantle (surname)
• Mantle, part of the bird anatomy
• Mantle (climbing), the external covering of a climbing rope.
• Mantle, a black and white dog coat colour, especially in Great Danes
• Mantle (mollusc), a layer of tissue in molluscs which secretes the shell
• Gas mantle, a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame
• The Mantle, an album by Agalloch
• Mantle Site, Wendat (Huron) Ancestral Village, in Whitchurch-Stouffville, near Toronto
• Mantle (API), a low-level GPU API developed by AMD

The mantle (also known by the Latin word pallium meaning mantle, robe or cloak, adjective pallial) is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.

In many species of molluscs the epidermis of the mantle secretes calcium carbonate and conchiolin, and creates a shell. In sea slugs there is a progressive loss of the shell and the mantle becomes the dorsal surface of the animal.

The words mantle and pallium both originally meant cloak or cape, see mantle (vesture). This anatomical structure in molluscs often resembles a cloak because in many groups the edges of the mantle, usually referred to as the mantle margin, extend far beyond the main part of the body, forming flaps, double-layered structures which have been adapted for many different uses, including for example, the siphon.

In computing, Mantle is a low-overhead rendering API targeted at 3D video games. AMD originally developed Mantle in cooperation with DICE, starting in 2013. Mantle was designed as an alternative to Direct3D and OpenGL, primarily for use on personal computers, although Mantle supports the GPUs present in the PlayStation 4 and in the Xbox One. According to AMD, Mantle will make a shift in focus after March 2015 to other areas since DirectX 12 and the Mantle-derived Vulkan API are largely replacing it in the gaming industry. Therefore Mantle will be supported by AMD in neither the short term nor long term future, effectively making all future games unable to implement Mantle, and making Mantle unable to be implemented by any older games. While supported in drivers for two years, the Mantle API itself was not made public until March 2015.