Scrabble?! MANTLE

Definitions of MANTLE in various dictionaries:

noun - the cloak as a symbol of authority

noun - United States baseball player (1931-1997)

noun - the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

noun - anything that covers

noun - (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell

noun - shelf that projects from wall above fireplace

noun - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

noun - a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter

verb - spread over a surface, like a mantle

verb - cover like a mantle

A loose, sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; a cloak.

Something that covers, envelops, or conceals: “On a summer night... a mantle of dust hangs over the gravel roads” (John Dollard).

Variant of mantel.

The outer covering of a wall.

A zone of hot gases around a flame.

A device in gas lamps consisting of a sheath of threads that gives off brilliant illumination when heated by the flame.

The cerebral cortex.

Geology.

The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace above the hearth.

The wings, shoulder feathers, and back of a bird when differently colored from the rest of the body.

Zoology.

A fold or pair of folds of the body wall that lines the shell and secretes the substance that forms the shell in mollusks and brachiopods.

To cover with or as if with a mantle; conceal.

To spread or become extended over a surface.

To become covered with a coating, as scum or froth on the surface of a liquid.

To be overspread by blushes or colors: a face that was mantled in joy.

verb - to keep from sight or discovery