Definition of "mantles" []

• Plural form of mantle. (noun)

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• "In this propitious moment the men forgot their avarice, and the women their delicacy; spades and pickaxes of silver were provided by the vanity of the rich, and the rubbish was transported in mantles of silk and purple."
• "The thousand-fold increase in density and extremely cold conditions in the dark clouds encourage the formation of ice coatings, known as mantles, which form on the particles."
• "One objection to the mantles is their tendency to break."