0 the responsibilities of an important position or job, especially as given from the person who had the job to the person who replaces them:
She unsuccessfully attempted to assume the mantle of the presidency.
He has been asked to take on the mantle of managing director in the New York office.
2 a covering, or a layer of something that covers a surface:
3 the part of the earth that is below the surface and that surrounds the smaller part in the center
4 a position of authority or responsibility:
He inherited the mantle of leadership at the Transit Authority in the early 1980s.
The referee decided that it was dutiable, and, consequently, that those mantles came within the scope of the tax.
I also gather that while he is unable to deal with steel, he can tell us everything about gas mantles.
The total receipts from the duty on imported gas mantles for the first six months of the current financial year were £5,600.
A ring of the manufacturers of gas mantles has been formed.
Gas mantles are sold in all classes of shops.
Shortage of certain raw materials has brought about a general shortage of gas mantles all over the country.
Another question was asked about the different sizes of gas mantles.
Moreover, it does not matter what the income of the users of gas mantles may be.
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