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   Cloak

   /klōk/

   

   noun

   • 1. an outdoor overgarment, typically sleeveless, that hangs loosely from the shoulders. Similar capemantlerobe
   • ▪ something serving to hide or disguise something: "lifting the cloak of secrecy on the arms trade" Similar coverscreenmaskblindfrontcamouflageshieldveneerveilmantleshroudblanketpretextsmokescreen

   verb

   • 1. dress in a cloak: "she cloaked herself in black"
   • ▪ hide, cover, or disguise (something): "the horror of war was cloaked in the trappings of chivalry"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cloke, dialect variant of cloche ‘bell, cloak’ (from its bell shape), from medieval Latin clocca ‘bell’. Compare with clock1.

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