n.
- an overgarment that hangs loosely from the shoulders.
- something that hides or covers:
a cloak of secrecy.
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(cloaks)
Brit. a cloakroom.
v.
- dress in a cloak.
- cover or hide:
snow cloaked everything.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. cloke, dial. var. of cloche ‘bell, cloak’, from med. L. clocca ‘bell’.