Definition of Cloak

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Definition of Cloak

Cloak

A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.

That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.

To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.

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Cloak Quotations

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Albert Einstein

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.
Mohandas Gandhi

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
Victor Hugo

The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.
Charles Stanley

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile.
Dorothy Day

Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
Galileo Galilei

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.
Thomas Fuller

The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Willa Cather

The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.
Margaret Cho

Cloak Translations

cloak in Dutch is jas, mantel
cloak in Finnish is takki
cloak in French is manteau
cloak in German is Deckmantel, Mantel
cloak in Latin is amiculum, pallium
cloak in Portuguese is casaco
cloak in Spanish is abrigo
cloak in Swedish is mantel, kappa, skyla

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