cloak

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A long, loose outer garment worn over the shoulders, often with a hood.

   She wrapped a heavy wool cloak around herself before stepping into the snow.

2. 2
   verb

   To hide or disguise something.

   The company tried to cloak its losses behind clever accounting.

3. 3
   noun

   Something that hides or covers, often used figuratively.

   The thieves worked under the cloak of darkness.

Common collocations

• opera cloak Noun + noun

From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of cloche and clock.

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