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Definition of mantle : 1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope.
2. A mantel. See Mantel.
3. A penstock for a water wheel.
4. Any free, outer membrane.
5. Same as Mantling.
6. The back of a bird together with the folded wings.
7. 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.
8. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth.
9. To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise.
10. To gather, assume, or take on, a covering, as froth, scum, etc.
11. To spread out; - said of wings.
12. To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool.
13. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; - said of hawks. Also used figuratively.

Synonyms:

pallium, wraps, geology, crinoline, mantel, cerement, coverture, monopoly, geography, mantelpiece, glow, chain mail, put on, penumbra, blush, hood, lampshade, crimson, chill, insulate, mask, drapery, ness, power, light fixture, dimmer, cloak, might, cape, armor, cortex, wrap, shroud, bury, bulb, clothe, cerebral cortex, cover, codpiece, force, redden, winding-sheet, recover, filament, light bulb, bustle, oligopoly, faultline, fault, bloomers, bobby socks, cope, curtain, paint, greatness, authority, manteau, smother, armour, color, screen, control, crust, cerebral mantle, robe, flush, chimneypiece, leadership, domination, capote, drape, membrane, geological, top, floor, frock, globe, reflector, skin, corset, doublet, plate, aquifer, veil, surface, winding-clothes, mickey charles mantle, mantlepiece, sconce, continental shelf, continental drift, Mickey Mantle, cover-up, express

mortarboard, badge, pall, staff, signet, seal, crown, scepter, talisman, coronet, baton, orb, tiara, insignia, uniform, regalia, tartan, wand, emblem, ermine, pin, ring

graduation, coat, strata, lamination, story, layer, covering, level, hierarchy, blanket, tier

Usage examples:

• The shadows of his wilderness home, and the darker mantle of his own inscrutable reserve, have made the Indian warrior a wonder and a mystery. - "The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada", Francis Parkman.
• He longed in her mantle of goodness to hide And forget the whole world. - "Three Women", Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
• At length, when all was ready, the King caused the mantle to be brought, spread it out before her, and said, " The wedding shall be to- morrow." - "Household Tales by Brothers Grimm", Grimm Brothers.