[f. CLOAK v. + -ING1.]
1. Wrapping in a cloak; concealment, disguise.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VIII. Prol. 20. May he cum to his cast be cloking.
1614. T. Adams, Devil’s Banquet, 127. Put not these vices from you, by your impudent cloakings!
1824. Miss Mitford, Village, Ser. I. (1863), 226. The shawlings, the cloakings … the cautions against cold.
1888. Academy, 28 July, 54/2. That tears away all cloaking and disguise.
2. Material for making cloaks. Cf. shirting.
1840. L’pool Jrnl., 4 July, 1/2. A variety of Friezes … Blue, Mixture, and other Beaver Cloakings.
