roquelaure

American  

[rok-uh-lawr, -lohr, roh-kuh-, rawk^uh-lawr] / ˈrɒk əˌlɔr, -ˌloʊr, ˈroʊ kə-, rɔkəˈlɔr /

noun

• roquelaures
  plural

1. a cloak reaching to the knees, worn by men during the 18th century.

---

roquelaure British  

/ ˈrɒkəˌlɔː /

noun

1. a man's hooded knee-length cloak of the 18th and 19th centuries

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• roquelaures
  plural

Etymology

Origin of roquelaure

First recorded in 1710–20; named after the Duc de Roquelaure (1656–1738), French marshal

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

roquelaure roquelaures

“That roquelaure became mine by what you might call impressment, and ‘thereby hangs a tale’ which you shall hear anon.

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison

Thy roquelaure," laughed Mrs. Swanwick, "was—well—I did remonstrate.

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

He was wrapped in a laced roquelaure, which he threw off on his entrance into the room.

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth

He used to wear a roquelaure, beneath which appeared a pair of thin legs encased in dirty silk stockings.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by H. G. Somerville

His first duty had been to converse with Mrs Clantantram, and that lady had found it impossible to elicit the slightest sympathy from him on the subject of hr roquelaure.

From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

The word spoken rouses all Patriot men: General Dumouriez, enveloped in roquelaures, has to descend from his bedroom; finds the street covered with 'four or five thousand citizens in their shirts.'

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

Many of the American roquelaures had double capes.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

I note in the American advertisements that the lost roquelaures are of very bright colors; some were of silk, some of camlet; generally they are simply 'cloth.'

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

Ashton says that scarlet cloth was the favorite fabric for roquelaures in England; and he deems the scarlet roclows and rocliers with gold loops and buttons "exceeding magnifical."

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

Leaving the Arsenal, I crossed the court, and perceived I was closely followed by two men in grey roquelaures, who, pressing upon my heels, held loud and insolent conversation concerning the runaway Prussian Trenck. 

From The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 by Thomas Holcroft