cloak
A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
Other meanings
A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
“Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.”
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
Related words
- becloak
- cloakless
- cloaklet
- cloaklike
- cloakmaker
- cloakmaking
- cloakroom
- cloakwise
- decloak
- discloak
- overcloak
- turncloak
Word history
From Medieval Latin "clocca".
Where this comes from
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