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Meanings of mantle in English

Portuguese
cornija de lareira
Catalan
lleixa
Wikidata

Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.

        cornija de lareira
        Portuguese
        cortina
        Catalan
        cortinatge
        Spanish
        cortina
        Wikidata

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

              cortina
              Russian
              земная мантия
              Portuguese
              mantélico
              Spanish
              manto
              Catalan
              mantell geològic
              Wikidata

              Part of the interior of the planet Earth.

                    Related terms
                    земная мантия
                    Portuguese
                    manto
                    Spanish
                    manteo
                    Wikidata

                    Loose or semi-fitted overgarment.

                          manto
                          Usage of mantle in English
                          1
                          That surely means the footballer of the year mantle will pass elsewhere.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          That was a mantle he carried with immense dignity and great courage.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          Uranium certainly is; thorium-thestuff of this incandescent gas mantle-certainlyis; actinium.
                          The World Set Free
                          4
                          Your job is to create new heroes to take up the mantle.
                          Masked
                          5
                          The robe must be of spotless white; the mantle or scarf blue.
                          Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
                          6
                          She was wrapped in a black mantle; a veil concealed her face.
                          Henry VIII and His Court: A Historical Novel
                          7
                          Over the coffin of the other let the mantle of forgetfulness rest.
                          The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
                          8
                          Throw the mantle of love over every act and thought in life.
                          How to Live a Holy Life
                          9
                          And Lawrence came to her in the mantle of these patrician ghosts.
                          Nightfall
                          10
                          The Angel of the Plague, in yellow mantle, purple-spotted, walks the streets.
                          Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
                          11
                          I set out my basic pitch for the mantle of one-nation politics.
                          A journey: my political life
                          12
                          He took the picture from the mantle and handed it to them.
                          Pearl and Periwinkle
                          13
                          Of the pensive shepherd, twitching his mantle blue: you in an ulster.
                          The Longest Journey
                          14
                          I have spoken too much: let me rest; this mantle oppresses me.
                          Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection
                          15
                          Gaveston sports it bravely; look at his crimson mantle wadded with sables.
                          The Days of Bruce: A Story from Scottish History. Vol. 1
                          16
                          In rainy weather the mantle, pulled up over the head, furnished protection.
                          Early European History