cloak

¹cloak

noun \ˈklōk\

Definition of CLOAK

1

: a loose outer garment

2

: something likened to an outer garment: 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>

Examples of CLOAK

1. Their plans were shrouded in a cloak of secrecy.
2. <the cloak of mystery that surrounds the royal family>

Origin of CLOAK

Middle English cloke, from Anglo-French cloque bell, cloak, from Medieval Latin clocca bell; from its shape

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to CLOAK

Synonyms: blanket, cope, cover, covering, coverture, cover-up, curtain, hood, mantle, mask, pall, penumbra, robe, shroud, veil, wraps

Related Words: blind, concealer, screen, shield; fig leaf, Potemkin village, Trojan horse; camouflage, disguise, facade (also façade), face, mask, veneer; gloss, varnish

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Other Clothing Terms

babushka, brogue, bumbershoot, cravat, dishabille, furbelow, layette, raiment, spectator

Rhymes with CLOAK

bloke, broke, choke, coke, croak, folk, hoke, joke, moke, oak, poke, Polk, roque, smoke, soak, soke, spoke, stoke, stroke, toke, toque, yogh, yoke, yolk