The standard grey cloak is a heavy' sleeveless mantle with a hood.

The responsibility wrapped itself round me and lay like a heavy mantle on my shoulders.

In the east a soft grey light was beginning to chase away the heavy mantle of the night.

Above that a heavy mantle is wrapped all round the body and brought over the head.

They all took off their heavy mantles and tossed them in a pile to the side, against the stone wall.

In the distance, off to the west and north, stone peaks still wore heavy mantles of snow.

He held out his hand to help down a woman in a heavy traveling mantle who was seated on one of the horses.

A deathly silence hung like a heavy mantle over the entire scene.

By the middle of next year the bank will move its head office into Poultry, and take on the heavy mantle of tradition.

She seemed about to turn, then she hesitated, her eyes going to the tall huddled in the heavy mantle by the end of the bed.