A mantle is a piece of clothing, a type of cloak. Several other meanings are derived from that. Mantle may refer to: Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear Mantle (vesture), an Eastern Orthodox vesture worn by monastics and higher clergy Mantle (royal garment), a garment worn by monarchs and princes as a symbol of authority Mantle (heraldry), a heraldic element Mantle (geology), a layer in the interior of a planet The Earth's mantle Mantle (surname) Mantle, a feature of bird anatomy Mantle (climbing), the external covering of a climbing rope. Mantle, a black and white dog coat colour, especially in Great Danes Mantle (mollusc), a layer of tissue in molluscs which secretes the shell Fireplace mantle or mantel, the hood over the grate of a fire Gas mantle, a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame Mantle Site, Wendat (Huron) Ancestral Village, in Whitchurch-Stouffville, near Toronto Mantle (API), a low-level GPU API developed by AMD Entertainment The Mantle, an album by Agalloch Greenmantle, a novel by John Buchan See also Mantel (disambiguation) Mantell (disambiguation) Mantling, heraldry drapery that is tied to the helmet above the shield fr:Manteau lt:Mantija (reikšmės) ru:Мантия (значения)