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A cloak is a type of loose garment worn over clothing, mostly but not always, as outerwear for outdoor wear, which serves the same purpose as an overcoat and protects the wearer from the weather. It m
A young man in an evening cloak, 1823
Cloak, 1580–1600 Victoria and Albert Museum, No. 793-1901
Couple hiding under the same cloak, fragment of an Ancient Greek red-figure cup, c. 525–500 BC, found in Athens. Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Cloak and dagger
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"Cloak and dagger" was a fighting style common by the time of the Renaissance involving a knife hidden beneath a cloak. The term later came into use as a metaphor, referring to situations involving in
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…invisible. A real device, albeit of limited capability, was demonstrated in 2006. Because they keep a person hidden and conceal a weapon, the phrase cloak and dagger has come to refer to espionage and secretive crimes: it suggests murder from hidden sources. "Cloak and dagger" stories are thus mystery, detective…
Achille Marozzo's 16th century manual of arms illustration of the Dagger and Cloak