cloakwise
advEtymology From cloak + -wise.
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In the manner of a cloak.
- So saying, Dangerfield, with his left hand, clapt his cocked hat on, and with a ghastly smile nodded a farewell to Mrs. Jukes, who, sobbing plentifully had placed his white surtout, cloakwise over his shoulders, buttoning it about his throat.1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “The Wher-wolf”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume III, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 211: