Noun

(en noun)

A single item of clothing.

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*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.

Noun

(en noun)

A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=5 citation , passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}

A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

(figurative)  That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.

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No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak .

(Internet)  A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.