# mantling

Pronunciation: say "MANT-ling" /ˈmæn.tl.ɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of mantle. — present participle and gerund of mantle
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of mantle. Use it after is, are, or was, or as a noun for the action.
   - _The hawk stood over the rabbit, mantling to hide its catch from the other birds._
   - _Fresh snow was mantling the hills by the time we reached the pass._

## Noun

2. In heraldry, the depiction of a mantle, or the drapery shown behind and around a coat of arms.
   - Simple: In a coat of arms, the picture of a cloak or cloth shown behind and around the shield.
   - _Above the castle gate, the carved arms are framed by mantling that falls in leafy curls on either side._
   - _The two families' arms are almost identical, but their mantlings are painted in different colors._
3. Cloth of a kind suitable for making mantles.
   - Simple: Cloth that is right for making mantles, the long, loose coats worn over clothes.
   - _The shop's stock ran from fine linens to thick woolen mantling for traveling cloaks._
   - _She chose a dark mantling with a close weave that would shed the rain._

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