inmantle

English

Etymology

From in- + mantle.

Verb

inmantle (third-person singular simple present inmantles, present participle inmantling, simple past and past participle inmantled)

  1. (transitive, rare, archaic) To inwrap in a mantle; enshroud.
    • 2013, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson:
      [...] They pleased him, fresh from brawling courts And dusty purlieus of the law. O joy to him in this retreat, Inmantled in ambrosial dark, To drink the cooler air, and mark The landscape winking.

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