cloak
noun
[ kləʊk ]
• a sleeveless outdoor overgarment that hangs loosely from the shoulders.
• "he threw his cloak about him"
• a cloakroom.
• "ground-floor accommodation comprises hall, cloaks, lounge, kitchen"
cloak
verb
• dress in a cloak.
• "they sat cloaked and hooded"
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.
