Cloak

Definitions

1. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
2. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
3. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
   figuratively
4. A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
   Internet

Equivalents

Examples

“‘It's rather like⟳ a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide⟳ away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’”

“Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.”

“For neither at any time vſed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetouſneſſe, God is witneſſe: […]”

“And no Man is eſteemed any ways conſiderable for Policy, who wears Religion otherwiſe than as a Cloak; that is, as ſuch a Garment as may both cover⟳ and keep⟳ him warm, and yet hang⟳ looſe upon him too.”

CEFR level