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What is the noun for mantle?

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mantle
  1. A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. (Compare mantum.) [from 9th c.]
  2. (figuratively) A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
  3. (figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak. [from 9th c.]
  4. (zoology) The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted. [from 15th c.]
  5. (zoology) The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
  6. The zone of hot gases around a flame.
  7. A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) [from 19th c.]
  8. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
  9. A penstock for a water wheel.
  10. (anatomy) The cerebral cortex. [from 19th c.]
  11. (geology) The layer between the Earth's core and crust. [from 20th c.]
  12. A fireplace shelf; Alternative spelling of mantel
  13. (heraldry) A mantling.
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  15. Examples:
    1. “It had snowed for the last few days, and the woods were buried in a perfect untouched mantle of thick fresh snow.”
      “The lower part of her mantle cascades in regular folds, but the hem represents a noticeable display of wind blown drapery.”
      “Now that Bob Hope is no longer available to make surprise walk-ons, I think the mantle should be passed on to Stan.”
mantua
  1. An article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
  2. (obsolete) A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from Mantua in Italy.
  3. (obsolete) A woman's cloak or mantle.
  4. (obsolete) A woman's gown.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “A woman originally wore a mantua as a robe when resting at home, but by the late 17th century it became fitted at her waist.”
      “The princess wore a mantua and petticoat, white damask with the finest embroidery of rich embossed gold.”
      “I want to show it to some gentlemen who have come from the most reverend, the Cardinal of mantua.”
mantum
  1. The mantle worn by the pope, which is very similar to a cope, but longer and fastened in the front by an elaborate morse.
mantling
  1. (heraldry) The representation of a mantle, or the drapery behind and around a coat of arms.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The coat of arms with its elaborate rococo style mantling has almost no identifiable Chinese precedent.”
mantlings
mantuas
mantles
  1. plural of mantle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Pilgrims poured into the great gaping hole Nukurren was tearing in the Utuku center, ululating, their mantles blue and black.”
      “In the painting Mark stands in a pulpit, preaching to a group of oriental women swathed in white mantles.”
      “On Whitsunday all Kilton crowded behind us into the little chapel and saw the wooden statues wearing real mantles of bright wool for the day.”
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