‖n.;
a. Of or pertaining to a cloaca. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtic origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock. ]
No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cloak bag,
v. t.
Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser.
adv. In a concealed manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. personal possessions; -- an informal term;
n. [ F., prop., bell. ] (Aëronautics) An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of aëroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.