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toque

  [tohk] ,
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–noun
1. a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes.
2. a velvet hat with a narrow, sometimes turned-up brim, a full crown, and usually a plume, worn by men and women esp. in 16th-century France.
3. tuque.
Origin:
1495–1505; < F; r. earlier toock, towk (< Pg touca coif), tock, tocque (< It tocca cap), toke (< Sp toca headdress); ulterior orig. obscure
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tuque

  [took, tyook]
–noun
a heavy stocking cap worn in Canada.
Also, toque.

Origin:
1870–75; < CanF, var. of F toque toque
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toque   (tōk)   
n.  

  1. A woman's small, brimless, close-fitting hat.

  2. A plumed velvet cap with a full crown and small rolled brim, worn in 16th-century France.


[French, from Spanish toca.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

toque 
kind of round hat, 1505, from M.Fr. toque (15c.), from Sp. toca "woman's headdress," possibly from Arabic *taqa, from O.Pers. taq "veil, shawl."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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toque

small, round, close-fitting hat, brimless or with a small brim, once worn by both men and women. In the 12th and 13th centuries, women wore embroidered toques, made of velvet, satin, or taffeta, on top of their head-veils.

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