cloak

[ klohk ]
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noun
  1. a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.

  2. something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense: He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy.

verb (used with object)
  1. to cover with or as if with a cloak: She arrived at the opera cloaked in green velvet.

  2. to hide; conceal: The mission was cloaked in mystery.

Origin of cloak

1
1175–1225; Middle English cloke (<Old French ) <Medieval Latin cloca, variant of clocca bell-shaped cape, bell; see clock1

Other words for cloak

Other words from cloak

  • cloakless, adjective
  • un·der·cloak, noun
  • well-cloaked, adjective

Words Nearby cloak

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British Dictionary definitions for cloak

cloak

/ (kləʊk) /


noun
  1. a wraplike outer garment fastened at the throat and falling straight from the shoulders

  2. something that covers or conceals

verb(tr)
  1. to cover with or as if with a cloak

  2. to hide or disguise

Origin of cloak

1
C13: from Old French cloque, from Medieval Latin clocca cloak, bell; referring to the bell-like shape

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