cloque

[ kloh-key ]

noun
  1. an embossed or quilted fabric.: Compare matelassé.

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

Origin of cloque

1
1945–50; <French: cloqué embossed, blistered, equivalent to dialectal French (Picard ) cloque bell, blister (see cloak) + <Latin -ātus-ate1

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British Dictionary definitions for cloqué

cloqué

/ (ˈklɒkeɪ) /


noun
    • a fabric with an embossed surface

    • (as modifier): a cloqué dress

Origin of cloqué

1
from French, literally: blistered

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