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hide-all

hide-all noun: something that conceals.

Noun

hide-all

  1. Something that conceals.
    • The soldier is not unfrequently destitute of portions of his uniform, or his regimental coat and continuations are in such hopeless rags, that even in the sultry summer the slate-coloured great-coat is worn as a hide-all and slut-cover, like the begrimed blanket of a Mexican lépero. Clumsy gaiters...1845, Terence MacMahon Hughes, Revelations of Spain in 1845, page 326
    • A female in the lower ranks of life cares but little for the other portions of her dress if she has "a good cloak;" and certainly her ordinary appearance would be more thought of, if the huge "cover-slut" were not always at hand to hide dilapidations in her other garments. "Oh, then, I'm not fit to...1846, Samuel Carter Hall, Ann Kent Hall, “Kildare”, in Ireland: Its Scenery, Character &c., volume 2, footnote, page 272

Adjective

hide-all

  1. Concealing; disguising; obscuring.
    • Mr. C. wore his blue coat and white waistcoat; but what was Mr. Jardine's surprise, when he found that his young probationer peremptorily refused to wear the hide-all sable gown! Expostulation was unavailing, and the minister ascended to the pulpit in his coloured clothes!1847, Joseph Cottle, “Mr. Coleridge's inaugural sermon at Bath”, in Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey, page 94
    • Nuns were still dressed, head to foot, in a hide-all habit; as well as providing the Church with teachers and nurses, large numbers of them performed menial tasks as cleaners and laundrywomen, frequently in the service of priests.1999, John Cornwell, “Absolute Power”, in Hitler's Pope, →ISBN, page 348

Origin of hide-all

From hide + -all.

Questions about hide-all

What does hide-all mean?
Hide-all means something that conceals.
What part of speech is hide-all?
Hide-all can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near hide-all in the dictionary

  1. hide the wienie
  2. hide-a-bed
  3. hide-a-beds
  4. hide-a-key
  5. hide-a-keys
  6. hide-all
  7. hide-and-coop
  8. hide-and-die syndrome
  9. hide-and-go-seek
  10. hide-and-seek
  11. hide-bound

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