cloak-and-sword

[ klohk-uh n-sawrd ]

/ ˈkloʊk ənˈsɔrd /

adjective

(of a drama or work of fiction) dealing with characters who wear cloaks and swords; concerned with the customs and romance of the nobility in bygone times.

Words nearby cloak-and-sword

cloacitis, cloak, cloak fern, cloak-and-dagger, cloak-and-suiter, cloak-and-sword, cloakroom, cloam, clobber, clobbering machine, clochard

Origin of cloak-and-sword

First recorded in 1800–10