CLOKE, noun

1. A loose outer garment worn over other clothes both by men and women.

He was clad with zeal as a cloke Isaiah 59:17.

2. A cover; that which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense.

Not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness. 1 Peter 2:16.

They have no cloke for their sin. John 15:22.

CLOKE, verb transitive

1. To cover with a cloke

2. To hide; to conceal; to use a false covering.