manchon — meaning in English

English meaning

• mantle verb To cover, cloak, or conceal something.
• muff noun A tube-shaped covering, often fur, that both hands are tucked into for warmth.
• sleeve noun The part of a garment that covers the arm.

Senses

manchon is used for these senses in English:

• grommet A reinforced eyelet, or a small metal or plastic ring used to reinforce an eyelet.
• 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.]
• muff (historical) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
• sleeve A (usually tubular) covering or lining to protect a piece of machinery etc. [from 19th c.]

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.

muff — full definition

1. noun A tube-shaped covering, often fur, that both hands are tucked into for warmth.
2. verb To fumble or fail at something, especially to drop a catch or mishandle a task.

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