2. Verb. (third-person singular of cloak) ¹
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Definition of Cloaks
1. cloak [v] - See also: cloak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloaks
Literary usage of Cloaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lace Book by N. Hudson Moore (1905)
"... the middle of the sixteenth century there were many styles of cloaks,— silk,
... others trailing upon the ground, resembling gowns rather than cloaks. ..."
2. Art in Industry by Charles Russell Richards (1922)
"cloaks AND SUITS—WHOLESALE cloaks and wraps demand the same NATURE OF DESIGNS
... The design for cloaks is dependent upon changing conditions of living ..."
3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... In the middle of the hill of Chailly, the sudden breaking of a cloud caused
them to turn up the hoods of their cloaks. Almost immediately the rain ..."
4. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of the Royal Irish by Royal Irish Academy Museum, William Robert Wilde (1863)
"... garment,—of which the following varieties are specified:—"A thousand cloaks
... which are trimmed with purple,—purple cloaks of fine brilliance,—purple ..."
5. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX. by Alice (Morse) Earle (1903)
"CHAPTER IX cloaks AND THEIR COUSINS J —** Covent Garden Journal, May I, 1751. "
Within my memory the Ladies covered their lovely Necks with a Cloak, ..."
6. The Geography of Herodotus ...: Illustrated from Modern Researches and by James Talboys Wheeler (1854)
"Lycians with caps encircled by feathers, goat-skin cloaks, cornel-wood bows, ...
cloaks and long bows of the Arabs.—Wooden helmets and leathern bucklers of ..."
7. Corporation Procedure: Law, Finance, Accounting by Thomas Conyngton, Robert Joseph Bennett, Paul Whittier Pinkerton, Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1922)
"... in the prosecution of the said work, business, and undertaking of the corporation.
Form 12. cloaks and Garments (a) To manufacture cloaks, kimonos, ..."
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