Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a cloak (item of clothing).

Etymologies

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cloak +‎ -like

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Examples

  • 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

  • But she did meet him, completely demure in a cloaklike dress, and Clef was indeed polite.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • Selecting a long hanging limb, the famulus attached himself to it and tucked his wings cloaklike around his body.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • 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.

    Scarf Standoff Splits Women 2008

  • But she did meet him, completely demure in a cloaklike dress, and Clef was indeed polite.

    Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989

  • 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

  • chlamys The cloaklike outer garment worn by Greek men.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • chlamys The cloaklike outer garment worn by Greek men.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

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