Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(UK Und.) a cloak.

1648		Dekker Canters Dict. in Eng. Villainies (9th edn) n.p.: Calle, togeman or Joseph, a Cloak or Coat.
1661		‘Peter Aretine’ Strange Newes 5: Bess. His Quids were vanisht [he was] forc’d to leave his Callee for the reckoning.
1665		Head Eng. Rogue I 48: Calle, A Cloak.
1674		Head Canting Academy (2nd edn).
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew.
c.1750–1882		B.M. Carew Life and Adventures.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
c.1850		Duncombe New and Improved Flash Dict.
1859		Matsell Vocabulum.
1881		Trumble Sl. Dict. (1890).