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roquelaure

[ rok-uh-lawr, -lohr, roh-kuh-; French rawkuh-lawr ]

noun

, plural roq·ue·laures [rok, -, uh, -lawrz, -lohrz, r, awk, uh, -, lawr].
  1. a cloak reaching to the knees, worn by men during the 18th century.


roquelaure

/ ˈrɒkəˌlɔː /

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of roquelaure1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of roquelaure1

C18: from French, named after the Duc de Roquelaure (1656–1738), French marshal

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Example Sentences

Katte has his very coat, a gray top-coat or travelling roquelaure, in keeping;—and their schemes are many.

Friedrich cautiously rises; dresses; takes his money, his new red roquelaure, unbolts the Barn-door, and walks out.

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

"It is this," I answered, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my roquelaure.

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

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