What is the meaning of Mantle?

noun

• The cloak as a symbol of authority.
  • usage: "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"
• United States baseball player (1931-1997.
  • synonyms: Mickey Mantle, Mickey Charles Mantle
• The layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
• Anything that covers.
  • usage: "there was a blanket of snow"
  • synonyms: blanket
• Zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell.
  • synonyms: pallium
• Shelf that projects from wall above fireplace.
  • usage: "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece"
  • synonyms: mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, chimneypiece
• Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window.
  • synonyms: curtain, drape, drapery, pall
• A sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter.
  • synonyms: cape

verb

• Spread over a surface, like a mantle.
• Cover like a mantle.
  • usage: "The ivy mantles the building"