becloak
verbEtymology From be- + cloak.
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Figuratively To cover or surround, as with a cloak.
- Surely — was the cry — more Staff Officers are wanted who are trained to active service in the field, and not so many medal-hunting gentlemen skilled solely in the accomplishments of correcting visiting lists, becloaking ladies, and writing menu-cards.1898, The Fortnightly Review, volume 69, page 393:
- "You might so becloak yourself that no one would know whom you were," suggested Taro.1916, George Turner Marsh, Ronald Temple, The Lords of Dawn, page 144:
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- " […] Therefore, if the converted won't reconvert, their master, or one so guised, should undertake to play our tune. A touch of truthache essentials, lest sharper drama too soon becloak our stage, and weary our watchers of our play."2007, Jack Womack, Elvissey:
- Derived terms
- becloaked