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cloque

[ kloh-key ]
/ kloʊˈkeɪ /
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noun
an embossed or quilted fabric.Compare matelassé.
adjective
having a small, irregular pattern or figured motif woven into a fabric to give a puckered or quilted effect.
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Also clo·qué, cloky.

Origin of cloque

1945–50; <French: cloqué embossed, blistered, equivalent to dialectal French (Picard ) cloque bell, blister (see cloak) + -é<Latin -ātus-ate1

Words nearby cloque

cloot, clootie, Cloots, clop, clop-clop, cloque, Cloquet, Cloquet's hernia, clorazepate, Clorinda, Cloris
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British Dictionary definitions for cloque

cloqué
/ (ˈklɒkeɪ) /
noun
  1. a fabric with an embossed surface
  2. (as modifier)a cloqué dress

Word Origin for cloqué

from French, literally: blistered
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