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A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown. [Obs.]

One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker.

A long, closely fitting cloak.

Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.

An outer garment; a cloak mantle. His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold. Spenser.

To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide. [Obs.] Being palliated with a pilgrim's coat. Sir T. Herbert.

That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised. [Obs.]

A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.

Antiq.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.

A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service.

To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. [R.] Lest that too heavenly form, pretended To hellish falsehood, snare them. Milton.

An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women. Fairholt.

f Chancery. -- Riding hood. (a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding. (b) A kind of cloak with a hood. -- Riding master, an instructor in horsemanship. -- Riding rhyme (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. Dr. G…

A short cloak. [Written also rockelay, rocklay, etc.] [Scot.]

A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century. [Written also roquelo.]

Expressing sorrow. "Rueful faces." Dryden. Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks. Sir W. Scott. -- Rue"ful*ly, adv. -- Rue"ful*ness, n.

Originally, a loosely hanging garnment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing saek. [Written also sacque.]

roceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose. Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counseled the general to retreat. Milton.

The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.

A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak. [Scot.]