# cloaking

Pronunciation: US say "KLOHK-ing" /ˈkloʊkɪŋ/; UK say "KLOH-king" /ˈkləʊkɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of cloak. — present participle and gerund of cloak
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of cloak. Use it after 'is', 'are' or 'was', or to name the action itself.
   - _Officials were accused of cloaking the deal in secrecy until after the vote._
   - _In the film, the starship escapes by cloaking itself seconds before the enemy fires._

## Noun

2. The act of wrapping or covering someone or something with a cloak.
   - Simple: The act of putting a cloak around someone or something.
   - _His careful cloaking of each guest before they stepped into the snow charmed the whole party._
   - _The ceremony closed with the cloaking of the new knight in a crimson mantle._
3. Fabric of the kind from which cloaks are made.
   - Simple: Cloth that is used to make cloaks.
   - _A yard of good wool cloaking cost more than the buttons and lining together._
   - _The mill's catalog listed flannels, worsteds and heavy cloakings for the winter trade._

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