or **MANTLE-Tree**, in architecture, the lower part of the chimney, or that piece of timber which is laid across the jambs, and sustains the compartments of the chimney-piece.

or **Mantling**, in heraldry, that appearance of folding of cloth, flourishing, or drapery, which in any achievement is drawn about a coat of arms. See **HERALDRY**, p. 464, Sect. V.