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Mantle may refer to:

• Mantle (bird anatomy).
• Mantle (climbing), a rock climbing move used to surmount a ledge.
• Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear.
• Mantle (geology), a layer in the interior of Earth or another planet.
• Mantle (mollusc), an organ used by mollusks to secrete their shells.
• Mantle (vesture), an Eastern Orthodox vesture worn by monastics and higher clergy.
• Gas mantle, a device used in lanterns to produce a bright light.
• The Mantle, an album by Agalloch.

The shelf above a fireplace is properly spelled mantel.

[edit] People with the surname

• Doreen Mantle (* 1930), british actress
• Mickey Mantle (1931–1995), American baseball player.

[edit] See also

• Mantel (disambiguation)
• Mantell (disambiguation)
• Mantling, heraldry drapery that is tied to the helmet above the shield.

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