black-clad

English

Alternative forms

• blackclad

Etymology

From black +‎ clad.

Adjective

black-clad (not comparable)

1. Dressed in black.
   • 2010, Uta Christensen, Bed of Roses, Bed of Thorns:

     "Yes, you are exactly right. You have called the wayward child by its proper name," repliec the thin black-clad man in a deferential manner as he bowed his head briefly toward the black-clad woman, who had asked the question.

   • 2016, Yashar Kemal, The Sea-Crossed Fisherman:

     An without warning they appear, the black-clad men, holding automatic rifles, their faces callous, their hands bloody, their three-cornered eyes hard.

   • 2016, Keith Gray, Carl Miller, Ostrich Boys:

     Once again, those black-clad figures make a kind of grim visual poetry from the moment.