— cloakless , adj.
/klohk/ , n.
1. a loose outer garment, as a cape or coat.
2. something that covers or conceals; disguise; pretense: He conducts his affairs under a cloak of secrecy.
v.t.
3. to cover with or as if with a cloak: She arrived at the opera cloaked in green velvet.
4. to hide; conceal: The mission was cloaked in mystery.
[ 1175-1225; ME cloke ( cloca, var. of clocca bell-shaped cape, bell; see CLOCK 1 ]
Syn. 2. cover, mask, veil.