cloaking Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb hide under a false appearance
    mask; dissemble; cloak.
    • He masked his disappointment
  2. verb cover as if with clothing
    robe; drape; cloak; clothe.
    • the mountain was clothed in tropical trees
  3. verb cover with or as if with a cloak
    cloak.
    • cloaked monks

WordNet


Cloak"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.
    To take heed of their dissembings and cloakings. Strype.
  2. The material of which of which cloaks are made.

Webster 1913