The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney.
A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. Also called a mantelshelf.
To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body.
A piece of clothing somewhat like an open robe or cloak, especially that worn by Orthodox bishops. Compare mantum. from 9th c.
A figurative garment representing authority or status, capable of affording protection.
Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak. from 9th c.
The body wall of a mollusc, from which the shell is secreted. from 15th c.
The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
The zone of hot gases around a flame.
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.
The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
A penstock for a water wheel.
The cerebral cortex. from 19th c.
The layer between the Earth’s core and crust. from 20th c.
A fireplace shelf; lang=en
A mantling.
To cover or conceal (something); to cloak; to disguise.
To become covered or concealed.
To spread like a mantle (especially of blood in the face and cheeks when a person flushes).
