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MANTLE

Volume 12 · 56 words · 1810 Edition

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, sect. v.