Definition for MAN'TLE, or MAN'TLE-TREE

MAN'TLE, or MAN'TLE-TREE, n.

The piece of timber or stone in front of a chimney, over the fireplace, resting on the jambs. Encyc. [This word, according to Johnson, signifies the work over the fireplace, which we call a mantle-piece.]

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