cloak
noun
a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.
Example Sentences
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Throughout the holy city, Iranian flags can be seen printed on white pilgrims' garments, cloaks, bags and buses.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
"At night, we had to put on anti-drone cloaks to protect us against thermal cameras, but they would last for 20 minutes at the most."
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Michael Jackson’s celebrity is so blinding, his music so compelling, that it cloaks him with an almost impenetrable shield from the truth: He was a stone cold pedophile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Here, the evildoers receive sumptuous cloaks along with their metaphorical daggers.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
Helen ordered her house-maidens to arrange beds for them in the entry porch, soft and warm with thick purple blankets covered by smoothly woven rugs and on top of all woolen cloaks.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
