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English
Noun
cloke (plural clokes)
- Archaic spelling of cloak.
Verb
cloke (third-person singular simple present clokes, present participle cloking, simple past and past participle cloked)
- Archaic spelling of cloak.
- 1926, The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of Ireland, The Order for Morning Prayer
- the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Northern French cloque, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of clokke.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
cloke
- cloak, cape
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Unknown; forms with /tʃ/ are probably influenced by clicchen, which this noun may ultimately be related to.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkloːk(ə)/, /ˈkluːk(ə)/, /ˈkloːtʃ(ə)/, /ˈkluːtʃ(ə)/
Noun
cloke (plural clokes)
- claw, talon
- clutches, grasp
Usage notes
This noun is usually only found in the plural.
Descendants
References
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutch clocke.
Noun
cloke
- Alternative form of clokke
Picard
Etymology
From Medieval Latin clocca, of Gaulish/Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) either onomatopoeic or from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (“to laugh, cackle”).
Noun
cloke f (plural clokes)
- bell
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