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  • adjective Without a cloak (item of clothing).

Etymologies

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cloak +‎ -less

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Examples

  • So did Elis ap Cynan, going with them discreetly down the Wyle, cloakless, weaponless, desperate, heroic and absurd, to the rescue of his Melicent.

    A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old 2010

  • The ride to the Traveling ground used for departures was short. but near a dozen Aes Sedai were waiting in a line outside the call canvas wall, some leading horses, some cloakless as if they expected to be indoors before long, and one or two wearing their shawls for some reason.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • There came rushing down the wet grass the figure of Ursula in a red gown, cloakless, her hair in long braids with red ribbon, rushing towards me.

    Vittorio, The Vampire Rice, Anne, 1941- 1999

  • As it was, the cloakless Whitecloaks were galloping to form up their escort before the mare had gone ten steps, and before she reached the edge of the meadow, Norowhin was at her side, a dozen men ahead and the rest close behind.

    Lord of Chaos Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1994

  • The mounted were all women shrouded in long thick, fur-lined cloaks; two of them each wore a silvery bracelet on her left wrist, connected by a long leash of the same shining stuff to a bright collar tight around the neck of a gray-clad, cloakless woman standing in the snow.

    The Fires of Heaven Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1993

  • A ring of large, well-equipped men on guard round a willowy lad in country homespun, bareheaded and cloakless on a frosty night, who sat braced and neat and alert on a bench by the wall, pleasantly flushed now from the fire, and looking, incredibly, almost complacent.

    Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

  • The second boy was cloakless like the first, and shivering lightly with cold.

    Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

  • Kjartan, saying he should not go cloakless back to his men.

    Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature W. P. Ker

  • No doubt Eagle was astonished that I should be arriving alone, cloakless, at half-past eleven or later to call upon him; but after the first look of amazement at sight of me, he concealed his feelings.

    Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley 1901

  • In an excited circle waiters and patrons of the restaurant, both men and women, stood in the falling snow, bareheaded, coatless, and cloakless, staring at him.

    The Lost Road Richard Harding Davis 1890

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