From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cloak \Cloak\ (kl[=o]k; 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.
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2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a
fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
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No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy
who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
--South.
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Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are
carried; a portmanteau. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cloak \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.
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Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. --Spenser.
Syn: See Palliate.
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