The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cloaking \Cloak"ing\, n.
   1. The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing
      anything.
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            To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings.
                                                  --Strype.
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   2. The material of which of which cloaks are made.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cloak \Cloak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Cloaking.]
   To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or
   conceal.
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         Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. --Spenser.

   Syn: See Palliate.
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