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Webster 1913 Edition
Cloak
Cloak
(klōk; 110)
, Noun.
[Of.
cloque
cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche
bell; perh. of Celtic origin and the same word as E. clock
. See 1st Clock
.] 1.
A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.
2.
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a
cloak
. South.
Cloak bag
, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau.
Shak.
Cloak
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cloaked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cloaking
.] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
Syn. – See
Palliate
. Webster 1828 Edition
Cloak
CLOAK.
[See Cloke.]Definition 2024
cloak
cloak
English
A man in a cloak
Noun
cloak (plural cloaks)
- A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess:
- ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
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- A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
- Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.
- (figuratively) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
- South
- No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
- South
- (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
Derived terms
Translations
cape
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blanket-like covering, often metaphorical
See also
Verb
cloak (third-person singular simple present cloaks, present participle cloaking, simple past and past participle cloaked)
- To cover as with a cloak.
- (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
- The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.