becloak

present singular third person becloaks · participle present becloaking · participle past becloaked · past becloaked

1. figurativelytransitiveliteralTo cover or surround, as with a cloak.

   "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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   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

   " […] 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