Mantle (clothing) definition

(1) A sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

(2) Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

(3) Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

"In England they call a mantel a chimneypiece"

(4) (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

(5) The cloak as a symbol of authority

"Place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"

(6) Anything that covers

"There was a blanket of snow"

(7) The layer of the earth between the crust and the core

(8) United States baseball player (1931-1997)

(9) Cover like a mantle

"The ivy mantles the building"

(10) Spread over a surface, like a mantle