noun / verb
cloak
KLOHK/kləʊk/
A loose outer covering that envelops the wearer.
A loose wool cloak covers the traveler’s shoulders.
Etymology
Latin clocca meant a bell and also a traveler’s cape. The garment took its name from its bell-like shape, widening as it hung from the shoulders.
In context
The girl was wrapped in a grey military cloak, of which she had drawn the hood over her loose hair.
More examples
- She fastens her cloak at the neck before stepping outside.
- They hang their wet cloaks by the door.
- Thick fog cloaks the hills each morning.
Forms
cloak · cloaks · cloaked · cloaking