Definitions for: Cloak


[n] a loose outer garment
[n] anything that covers or conceals
[v] hide under a false appearance



Webster (1913) Definition: Cloak (?; 110), n. [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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cloaking.]
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.

Synonyms: dissemble, mask

See Also: burnoose, burnous, burnouse, caftan, cape, capote, capuchin, covering, disguise, dolman, domino, hooded cloak, jellaba, kaftan, mantle, opera cloak, opera hood, outer garment, overgarment, pallium, poncho, shawl, toga, tunic, wrap, wrapper

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