noun any free, outer membrane.
2. mantle ·noun a penstock for a water wheel.
3. mantle ·vi to spread out;
said of wings.
4. mantle ·noun a mantel. ·see mantel.
5. mantle ·noun ·same·as mantling.
6. mantle ·noun the back of a bird together with the folded wings.
7. mantle ·noun the outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
8. mantle ·vi to gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, ·etc.
9. mantle ·vi to unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle;
said of hawks. also used figuratively.
10. mantle ·vi to spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
11. mantle ·noun a loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
12. mantle ·vt to cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.
13. mantle ·noun 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.