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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Cloak

/(klōk; 110)/ · IPA /ˈkloʊk/
01 n. 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 a…
  1. 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. 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.
Phrases & compounds
Cloak bag — a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau.
02 v. t. To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
imp. & p. p. Cloaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Cloaking
  1. 1.
    To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
    “Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter.” — Spenser.
Syn. See Palliate.