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.
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.
Hear it pronounced