mantle
noun
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
mantled
Example Sentences
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And even as blue skies return, the flood-weary farmers have only to look east, to the towering Sierra mantled in historic layers of snow, to know there is worse to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
But low methylation — Bad Karma — results in mantled fruit.
From Nature ● Mar. 14, 2017
Mateo has also studied golden mantled ground squirrels, which recognize kin but don't react in an obvious way.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 25, 2015
Chorizo is mantled with a parsley-heavy chimichurri and an unexpectedly nuanced aioli made with aji panca, a smoky-fruity Peruvian red pepper.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013
They climbed Parnassos’ rugged flank mantled in forest, entering amid high windy folds at noon when Helios beat upon the valley floor and on the winding Ocean whence he came.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
