Petticoat vs Cloak - What's the difference?
petticoat | cloak |
(historical) A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet.
(historical) A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.
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 A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.
(figurative) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.
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(Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.
To cover as with a cloak.
(science fiction, ambitransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.
As nouns the difference between petticoat and cloak
is that petticoat is a tight, usually padded undercoat worn by men over a shirt and under the doublet while cloak is a long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.As a verb cloak is
to cover as with a cloak.petticoat
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* underskirtcloak
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(wikipedia cloak)Noun
(en noun)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.’}}
- No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak .
Derived terms
* cloak and daggerSee also
* burnoose, burnous, burnouse * domino costumeVerb
- The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.