becloaking

Verb

becloak (third-person singular simple present becloaks, present participle becloaking, simple past and past participle becloaked)

1. (figuratively, transitive, literal) To cover or surround, as with a cloak.
   • Surely — was the cry — more Staff Officers are wanted who are trained to active service in the field, and not so many medal-hunting gentlemen skilled solely in the accomplishments of correcting visiting lists, becloaking ladies, and writing menu-cards.1898, The Fortnightly Review, volume 69, page 393