cloak with sleeves

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• cloak — cloak1 [kləuk US klouk] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old North French; Origin: cloque bell, cloak , from Medieval Latin clocca bell ( CLOCK1); because of its shape] 1.) a warm piece of clothing like a coat without sleeves that hangs loosely from your… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cloak — I UK [kləʊk] / US [kloʊk] noun Word forms cloak : singular cloak plural cloaks * 1) [countable] a long thick loose coat without sleeves, that fastens around your neck 2) [singular] mainly literary something that covers or hides something else II… …   English dictionary

• cloak — cloak1 [ klouk ] noun * 1. ) count a long thick loose coat without sleeves, that fastens around your neck 2. ) singular MAINLY LITERARY something that covers or hides something else cloak cloak 2 [ klouk ] verb transitive MAINLY LITERARY to cover …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Opera coat — An opera coat is an ankle or floor length loose fitting coat of luxurious fabric such as velvet, brocade or satin, to be worn over an evening gown or a man s tuxedo. It may be described as a fitted cloak with sleeves and is generally not as… …   Wikipedia

• Gabon Estuary — Inlet of the Gulf of Guinea, western Gabon. Fed by the Como and Mbeï rivers, it is 40 mi (64 km) long and 9 mi (14 km) wide at its mouth. It was explored in the 1470s by Portuguese navigators and was long considered the finest harbour of the West …   Universalium

• 1550-1600 in fashion — Fashion in the period 1550 1600 in Western European clothing is characterized by increased opulence, the rise of the ruff, the expansion of the farthingale for women, and, for men, the disappearance of the codpiece.General trendsThe Spanish… …   Wikipedia

• 1600-1650 in fashion — Fashion in the period 1600 1650 in Western European clothing is characterized by the disappearance of the ruff in favour of broad lace or linen collars. Waistlines rose through the period for both men and women. Other notable fashions included… …   Wikipedia

• DRESS — In the Bible The biblical terms for clothing (Heb. בֶּגֶד, beged; כְּסוּת, kesut; לְבוּשׁ, levush) and the corresponding verbs are employed in connection with the cover of the body for warmth or reasons of modesty. Extensive use is also made of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Han Chinese clothing — Han fu redirects here. For other uses, see Han Fu (disambiguation). Hanfu The mianfu of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, 7th century painting by court artist Yan Liben Traditional Chinese …   Wikipedia

• 1650-1700 in fashion — Fashion in the period 1650 1700 in Western European clothing is characterised by rapid change. Following the end of the Thirty Years War and the Restoration of England s Charles II, military influences in men s clothing were replaced by a brief… …   Wikipedia

• 1500-1550 in fashion — Fashion in the period 1500 1550 in Western Europe is marked the age of nudity by voluminous clothing worn in an abundance of layers (one reaction to the cooling temperatures of the Little Ice Age, especially in Northern Europe and the British… …   Wikipedia