" mantle "

[Noun]  | "man*tle" | \ ˈman-tᵊl \

1: a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak

2: a figurative cloak symbolizing preeminence or authority

3: something that covers, enfolds, or envelops

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English mantel, from Anglo-French, from Latin mantellum;

[Noun]  | "lady's mantle" 

1: any of a genus (Alchemilla) of widely distributed perennial herbaceous plants of the rose family; especially : one (A. mollis) cultivated as a garden plant for its large circular grayish-green hairy leaves and small greenish-yellow flowers

Origin: 1578 ;

[Verb]  | "mantle" 

1: to cover with or as if with a mantle : cloak

2: to become covered with a coating

3: to spread over a surface

Origin: 13th century ;

 See: {mantle:1 };

[Biographical name]  | "Man*tle" | \ ˈman-tᵊl \

1: Mickey (Charles) 1931—1995 American baseball player

[Idiom]  | "take on the mantle of" 

1: to take on the job of

[Noun]  | "mantle" 

[Verb]  | "mantle"