cloke

English

Noun

cloke (plural clokes)

1. Archaic spelling of cloak.

Verb

cloke (third-person singular simple present clokes, present participle cloking, simple past and past participle cloked)

1. Archaic spelling of cloak.

Anagrams

• Locke, eckol, locke

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From , from Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of clokke.

Alternative forms

• clok, kloke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔːk(ə)/

Noun

cloke

2. cloak, cape

Descendants

• English: cloak
• Scots: cloak

References

• “clōke, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Etymology 2

Unknown; forms with /tʃ/ are probably influenced by clicchen, which this noun may ultimately be related to.

Alternative forms

• cleche, cloche, clouche, clowche, cluke, kloke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkloːk(ə)/, /ˈkluːk(ə)/, /ˈkloːtʃ(ə)/, /ˈkluːtʃ(ə)/

Noun

cloke (plural clokes)

2. claw, talon
3. clutches, grasp

Usage notes

This noun is usually only found in the plural.

Descendants

• English: clutch, clutches (in part)
• Scots: cleuk, cluke, cluik

References

• “clọ̄ke, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch clocke.

Noun

cloke

2. Alternative form of clokke

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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)

1. bell

Related terms

• clotcher