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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
.