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cloakings

cloakings is the plural of cloaking.

Meaning of cloaking

Noun

cloaking (countable and uncountable, plural cloakings)

  1. The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.
    • May 15, 1555, Hugh Latimer, letter to the lovers of God's truth
      to take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings
  2. The material from which cloaks are made.
    • Fcy. goods, cassimeres, cloakings, piece dyes, noils, mohair, and raw stock wool and cotton.1908, Fibre & Fabric, page 21
  3. The technique of presenting search engine spiders with content that differs from that seen by human users, usually for spamdexing purposes.

Questions about cloakings

What is cloakings the plural of?
Cloakings is the plural of cloaking.

Words near cloakings in the dictionary

  1. cloakest
  2. cloaketh
  3. cloaking
  4. cloaking device
  5. cloaking devices
  6. cloakings
  7. cloakless
  8. cloaklessness
  9. cloaklet
  10. cloaklets
  11. cloaklike

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