camisa — meaning in English

English meaning

• mantle verb To cover, cloak, or conceal something.
• shirt noun A garment worn on the upper body, usually with sleeves and a collar.

Senses

camisa is used for these senses in English:

• dust jacket (printing, publishing) The detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide a blurb.
• mantle A gauzy fabric impregnated with metal nitrates, used in some kinds of gas and oil lamps and lanterns, which forms a rigid but fragile mesh of metal oxides when heated during initial use and then produces white light from the heat of the flame below it. (So called because it is hung above the lamp's flame like a mantel.) [from 19th c.]
• shirt (clothing) An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

mantle — full definition

1. verb To cover, cloak, or conceal something.
2. noun The layer of the Earth between the crust and the core.
3. noun A position or responsibility passed on to someone, or a loose cloak.

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