cloaklike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cloak +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

cloaklike (comparative more cloaklike, superlative most cloaklike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a cloak (item of clothing).
    • 2009 June 6, Timothy Williams, Abeer Mohammed, “What Not to Wear, Baghdad-Style: Fashion Rules Begin to Change”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      That was defined for quite some time as any woman who was not wearing an abaya, the cloaklike covering meant to conceal the shape of a woman’s body completely.
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