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• cloque
  cloque

  noun

  an embossed or quilted fabric.
• cloqué
  cloqué

  noun

cloque

American  

[kloh-key] / kloʊˈkeɪ /

Also cloqué,

noun

1. an embossed or quilted fabric.

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adjective

1. having a small, irregular pattern or figured motif woven into a fabric to give a puckered or quilted effect.

cloqué British  

/ ˈklɒkeɪ /

noun

1. 1. a fabric with an embossed surface

   2. ( as modifier )

      a cloqué dress

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Etymology

Origin of cloque

1945–50; < French: cloqué embossed, blistered, equivalent to dialectal French ( Picard ) cloque bell, blister ( see cloak) + -é < Latin -ātus -ate ¹