mantling noun. ['mantlɪŋ] E16.
[from MANTLE noun, verb + -ING¹.]
1. a. The action of making a mantle. Only in E16.
b. The action of MANTLE verb. E17.

2. Orig., a kind of cloth. Later, material for making mantles. Now rare. M16.

3. Heraldry. An ornamental accessory of slashed drapery issuing from a helmet and sometimes resembling acanthus leaves flowing from the helmet; a lambrequin. L16.

4. A mantle; a protective or ornamental covering. Now rare. M17.

5. A blush or suffusion of colour produced by emotion. M18.

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