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cloke

cloke is the archaic spelling of cloak.

Meaning of cloak

Noun

cloak (plural cloaks)

  1. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
    • ‘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.’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
  2. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
    • Night hid her movements with its cloak of darkness.
  3. (figuratively) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
    • For neither at any time vſed wee flattering wordes, as yee knowe, nor a cloke of couetouſneſſe, God is witneſſe: […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Thessalonians 2:5, column 1
  4. (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

See all 7 meanings of cloak

Forms of cloke

Noun
pluralclokes
Verb
third-person singular presentclokes
present participlecloking
past participlecloked
pastcloked

Questions about cloke

What is cloke the archaic spelling of?
Cloke is the archaic spelling of cloak.

Words near cloke in the dictionary

  1. cloistres
  2. cloistress
  3. cloistresses
  4. cloit
  5. Clojure
  6. cloke
  7. cloked
  8. clokes
  9. cloking
  10. clom
  11. clomacran

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