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A cloak of a peculiar fashion worn by women.

nicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins.

To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak. Halliwell.

Neat; pretty; well made; graceful. [Obs.] Full fetis was her cloak, as I was ware. Chaucer.

An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.

A short jacket or cloak, made of very thick, coarse cloth, with a hood attached, worn by the Greeks and others in the Levant. [Written also griego.]

Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism.

A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]

Wrapped; covered; cloaked. [Scot.] All happed with flowers in the green wood were. Hogg.

A like appendage to a cloak or loose overcoat, that may be drawn up over the head at pleasure.

led when the skies are fair. Dryden. Now, in all haste, they huddle on Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. Swift.

To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc.

A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, etc.

To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin. The inside lined with rich carnation silk. W. Browne.

de of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense. Sir H. Wotton. The longitude of their cloaks. Sir. W. Scott. Mine [shadow] spindling into longitude immense. Cowper.

l make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. Shak.

A woman's cloak or mantle.

A short cloak formerly worn by knights.

A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.

A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope. [The] children are clothed with mantles of satin. Bacon. The green mantle of the standing pool. Shak. Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree. Burns.