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cloque

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clo⋅que

  [kloh-key]
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–noun
1. an embossed or quilted fabric. Compare matelassé.
–adjective
2. having a small, irregular pattern or figured motif woven into a fabric to give a puckered or quilted effect.
Also, clo⋅qué, cloky.

Origin:
1945–50; < F: cloqué embossed, blistered, equiv. to dial. F (Picard) cloque bell, blister (see cloak ) + -é < L -ātus -ate 1
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clo·que also clo·qué   (klō-kā')   
n.  A cotton, silk, or rayon fabric with a raised woven pattern and a puckered or quilted look.

[French cloqué, past participle of cloquer, to become blistered, from cloque, blister, from Medieval Latin clocca, bell; see clock1.]
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