Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
cloak (item of clothing).
Etymologies
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Examples
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The silk had faded from its original scarlet, and yet the wide sleeves and cloaklike fall of the garment lent the Reverend Doctor Gowan a startling glamour.
The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010
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But she did meet him, completely demure in a cloaklike dress, and Clef was indeed polite.
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Selecting a long hanging limb, the famulus attached himself to it and tucked his wings cloaklike around his body.
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In stricter societies such as Saudi Arabia, the law is on the other side of the head-scarf debate, and women wear a head-to-toe, cloaklike black slip that covers even their faces.
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But she did meet him, completely demure in a cloaklike dress, and Clef was indeed polite.
Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989
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That was defined for quite some time as any woman who was not wearing an abaya, the cloaklike covering meant to conceal the shape of a woman's body completely.
Taipei Times 2009
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chlamys The cloaklike outer garment worn by Greek men.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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chlamys The cloaklike outer garment worn by Greek men.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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