1
: a loose outer garment
2
: something likened to an outer garment: such as
a
: something that envelops or conceals
a cloak of secrecy
b
: a distinctive character or role
hung up his academic cloak … to become a stay-at-home father—Charles Chamberlain
cloaked; cloaking; cloaks
: to cover or hide with or as if with a cloak
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