Synonyms for mantle
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : man-tl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæn tl |
Définition of mantle
Origin :- 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.
- noun cloak
- She had already selected a mantle to throw over her shoulders.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- He took her mantle from the wall, and tenderly wrapped it round her.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- How still the world outside as the cloud wove in darkness its mantle of light!
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
- With these words she dropped her mantle and turned her face towards us in the moonlight.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The mantle was made of oak-leaves, tied together with little blades of grass.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- With that she entered the room, threw back her mantle and took off her turban.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- For their covering a mantle is what they all wear, fastened with a clasp or, for want of it, with a thorn.
- Extract from : « Tacitus on Germany » by Tacitus
- I brought in a large egg one evening and placed it on the mantle.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- He seemed to rouse himself, to shake off a mantle of deliberate harshness.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- "Do you wrap this about you," I urged her, and with my own hands I assisted to enfold her in that mantle.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
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