toque
[ tohk ]
/ toʊk /
noun
a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
a velvet hat with a narrow, sometimes turned-up brim, a full crown, and usually a plume, worn by men and women especially in 16th-century France.
Origin of toque
1495–1505; < French; replacing earlier
toock, towk (< Portuguese
touca coif),
tock, tocque (< Italian
tocca cap),
toke (< Spanish
toca headdress); ulterior origin obscure
Words nearby toque
topsoil,
topspin,
topstitch,
topsy-turvy,
topsy-turvydom,
toque,
tor,
torah,
toran,
torbanite,
torbay
Example sentences from the Web for toque
British Dictionary definitions for toque
toque
/ (təʊk) /
noun
a woman's small round brimless hat, popular esp in Edwardian times
a hat with a small brim and a pouched crown, popular in the 16th century
Canadian same as tuque (def. 2)
a chef's tall white hat
Word Origin for toque
C16: from French, from Old Spanish
toca headdress, probably from Basque
tauka hat