1 [sing.] the ~ of sb/sth (literary) the role and responsibilities of an important person or job, especially when they are passed on from one person to another:
The vice-president must now take on the mantle of supreme power. * She will soon inherit her father's mantle.
2 [C] (literary) a layer of sth that covers a surface:
hills with a mantle of snow * a grey mantle of mist shrouding the slopes
3 [C] a loose piece of clothing without sleeves, worn over other clothes, especially in the past
4 (also gas mantle) [C] a cover around the flame of a gas lamp that becomes very bright when it is heated
5 [sing.] (geology) the part of the earth below the CRUST and surrounding the CORE
verb [VN] (literary) to cover the surface of sth:
Heavy mists mantled the forested slopes behind the village.
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