Main Entry: ¹cloak

Pronunciation: \ˈklōk\

Function: noun

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

Date: 13th century

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>