cloaking

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of cloak

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of wrapping or covering with a cloak.

   “May 15, 1555, Hugh Latimer, letter to the lovers of God's truth to take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings”

   “I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The material from which cloaks are made.

   “Fcy. goods, cassimeres, cloakings, piece dyes, noils, mohair, and raw stock wool and cotton.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The technique of presenting search engine spiders with content that differs from that seen by human users, usually for spamdexing purposes.