Definition of “cloak”

"What motivation does the senior US official have for speaking behind a cloak of anonymity?

But, as well as removing the cloak the viruses normally use to evade detection by cells, it had another "unexpected" effect, says Lemoine.

Charter marks flared under the cloak , briefly visible even through the tightly woven wool.

Dubbed `the voice of the ordinary person", she says, `I don't cloak my work with Oxbridge intellectualism.

He sat with me and put his cloak on me because it was freezing.

Her anger warmed her better than any cloak , better than any fire.

I said I just need a pointy hat and cloak , a cauldron and a wand and I'll be happy.

She was dressed in her dark blue riding habit, her long fur cloak draped over her shoulders.

Then in darkness, when the men have been allowed to creep into the room, a small figure in a dark cloak arrives.