cloakwise

Updated: May 23, 2025

So saying, Dangerfield, with his left hand, clapt his cocked hat on, and with a ghastly smile nodded a farewell to Mrs. Jukes, who, sobbing plentifully, had placed his white surtout, cloakwise over his shoulders, buttoning it about his throat.

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu - The House by the Church-Yard