roquelaure

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English

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Etymology

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From French roquelaure, from the name of Antoine Gaston de Roquelaure.

Noun

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roquelaure (plural roquelaures)

  1. (now archaic, historical) A lined and trimmed cloak that reaches to the knees, often with bright-coloured lining and trimmed with fur. [from 18th c.]
    • 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:
      Putting on a mask of black silk and drawing a roquelaire closely about my person, I suffered him to hurry me to my palazzo.
    • 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, Volume the Second, →ISBN, page 97:
      “Oh Miss Thorne, look here!” said she, as soon as she found herself in the drawing-room, ”do look at my roquelaure! It's clean spoilt, and for ever."

French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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roquelaure f (plural roquelaures)

  1. roquelaure

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