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Webster 1913 Edition


Cloaking

Cloak′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.
To take heed of their dissemblings and
cloakings
.
Strype.
2.
The material of which of which cloaks are made.

Definition 2024


cloaking

cloaking

English

Verb

cloaking

  1. present participle of cloak

Noun

cloaking (plural cloakings)

  1. The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
    • Strype
      to take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings
    • Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering – or The Astrologer
      I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.
  2. The material from which cloaks are made.