资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cloak \Cloak\ (?; 110), 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}.]
   1. 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.

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

            No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy
            who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
                                                  --South.

   {Cloak bag}, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are
      carried; a portmanteau. --Shak.