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.

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roquelaure British  

/ ˈrɒkəˌlɔː /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• roquelaures
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of roquelaure

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

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Example Sentences

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Friedrich, who may well be profuse of thanks and praises, charms the Old Dessauer while they walk together; brave old man with his holed roquelaure.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Thomas Carlyle

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 her roquelaure.

From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

He frequently shaved Hogarth, whom he knew well, and said he was the last person in London who wore a scarlet roquelaure.

From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by John Thomas Smith

Putting on a mask of black silk, and drawing a roquelaure closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge

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

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

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

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

Many of the American roquelaures had double capes.

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

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